Newbie Question

[Dan Shafer]

Hi, Hamburger1!

Welcome to the Revolution.

WHile there are lots of options for this in Rev (Xavier has already  
pointed out two), as an old stackhead myself I think the best way to  
do this is to create a stack (you can even call it "Home" for all Rev  
cares!) to store all of this reusable stuff in and then when you have  
a stack where you want to use it, just use a command like:

start using stack "Home"

This creates what Rev calls a "library" stack. It is so darned  
efficient and effective that once you get used to it you'll wonder  
how you lived without it. I have several such libraries that contain  
related groups of scripts.

You'll also want to spend some time understanding the message path in  
Rev, which is sufficiently different from HyperCard's to cause some  
confusion in the early going. My book, "Revolution: Software at th  
Speed of Thought", is available through the RunRev store and has a  
good discussion of the topic but may be a bit introductory level for  
someone with serious HC experience. Richard Gaskin over at  
FourthWorld has a great white paper on the message path and how you  
can extend it with libraries, front and back scripts, etc. (URL:  
http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/ 
revolution_message_path.html).


On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:55 AM, Hamburger1 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm in the process of switching from HyperCard. I put several  
> handlers &
> functions in my home stack that are used in other stacks. Where do  
> I put these
> scripts in Revolution?
> _______________________________________________


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