finding "global" procedures

[Jon]

I'm not sure I want to insert a message handler in the normal message 
passing hierarchy. I don't want it to ever be called automatically.   I 
want to be able to call a handler manually, from another handler.  At 
the moment, unless the two handlers are in the same "file", I can't call 
it because I can't "see" it.  I just want to be able to declare a 
handler that can be invoked manually from anywhere in the program.  This 
is a visibility issue.

I hope I'm making this clear[er].

:)

Jon


Dan Shafer wrote:

> You raise an important issue. To program effectively in Revolution,  
> you really need to understand the message-passing hierarchy. Nobody  
> has explained it better than Richard Gaskin at:
>
> http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html
>
> There is no concept of global handlers. If you want a handler to be  
> accessible to all the message handlers in a given stack file, just  
> put it in the mainstack. If you want it available across multiple  
> stack files, you'll need to create it as its own mainstack and then  
> include it by making it a library with "start using."
>
> HTH
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dan Shafer, Co-Chair
> RevConWest '05
> June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
> http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/RevConWest
>
> On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:31 PM, Jon wrote:
>
>> I want to write some utility routines that can be used by lots of  
>> message handlers.  Where do I put those utility routines so that  the 
>> event handlers can "see" the utility routines?  Do I have to  declare 
>> them as Global, or just put them in a particular place?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jon
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