Main stack and substack order in the message path

[Bob Sneidar]

Hawaii you say! My Dad lives on Oahu, in Kailua. :-)

Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Logos Management
Calvary Chapel CM

On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Jim Bufalini wrote:

> Thanks Mark, Scott, and Bob
>
> Scott, that's the trick. A combination of StacksInUse and reissuing  
> a *start
> using* revises the order. So, if the correct stack is not first in
> StackInUse, then a start using will put it there.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Aloha from Hawaii
> Jim Bufalni
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Scott Rossi
>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:21 AM
>> To: Revolution Mail List
>> Subject: Re: Main stack and substack order in the message path
>>
>> Recently, Jim Bufalini wrote:
>>
>>>> The workaround might be to have stack A call "start using stack  
>>>> ABC"
>>>> (and
>>>> the same with the other stack) to make sure the substack is used
>> first
>>>> when
>>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> This is done and it is actually the problem.
>>>
>>> I actually discovered this in two ways working on an update for
>> ListMagic.
>>> When you first install a ListMagic widget into your project,
>> ListMagic
>>> clones its lib, renames it, and places the renamed lib stack as a
>> substack
>>> of the main stack of your project and adds a start using statement  
>>> to
>> your
>>> project's main stack's preOpenStack.
>>>
>>> When a new version of ListMagic comes out, and you add a new widget,
>> or
>>> modify an existing widget in a project, ListMagic checks, and if it
>> sees
>>> that it is a newer version than the one you have in your project, it
>> asks
>>> for permission to update the lib in your project and all widgets.
>>>
>>> But, if you don't do either and just have your project and ListMagic
>> running
>>> at the same time in the IDE, then it is possible to have two
>> different
>>> version libs running at the same time and there is no way to control
>> if a
>>> user has launched their project first or ListMagic.
>>>
>>> Or, for that matter, two of their own projects, where one has been
>> updated
>>> to the latest lib and one has not. Which one did they launch first?
>>
>> Perhaps I didn't explain the above well enough, or maybe I'm not
>> interpreting your situation accurately, but what I meant was, you  
>> call
>> "start using stack ABC" *EVERY TIME* you need to reference the  
>> library
>> of a
>> specific stack, not just at startup.  This (should) ensure that the
>> library
>> you need is the first one to be accessed.  I do this with certain
>> frontscripts that I need to be "really" in front at all times.  If
>> you're
>> doing this already, then I don't have any alternate suggestions other
>> than
>> to reconsider your update strategy.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>>
>>
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