dispatch and the target

[Phil Davis]

Is there a reason you don't want to use a global variable as the communication 
channel between the app and the lib stack? That would work. Just declare it in 
both places, put data into it before "start using", and in the libraryStack 
handler the data will be there. Bob's your uncle, as they say.

Phil Davis


On 8/12/11 9:27 AM, Pete wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> I decided to try a more orthodox method of doing this.  The application now
> includes a "start using" command for my library stack and the library stack
> has a libraryStack message handler in it that does all the initialisation I
> referred to.
>
> However, the same problem still occurs, Referring to "the target" or "me" in
> the libraryStack handler resolves to the library stack not the application
> stack, which is consistant with how those keywords are defined in the
> dictionary.  And because the libraryStack message does not allow for any
> parameters, I cannot pass in the application stack's name.  I can use the
> executionContexts to get the stack name of course but the dictionary claims
> its format may change and it is not recommended to write code that depends
> on its current format.
>
> It appears there is no message path in these circumstances so I'm trying to
> find a way to do what I need to do, absent the message path, not trying to
> fight it.
>
> Pete
> Molly's Revenge<http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Mark Wieder<mwieder at ahsoftware.net>wrote:
>
>> Pete-
>>
>> Thursday, August 11, 2011, 9:41:49 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> The dispatch methodology works fine but I'm finding that using "the
>> target"
>>> or "me" in the external stack's handler resolves to the external library
>>> stack file not the stack that issued the dispatch command.  I can, of
>>> course, include the name of the dispatching stack as a parameter to the
>>> handler but I'm wondering if there is a way to track down the dispatching
>>> stack's name in these circumstances.
>> In short, if you've gotten into this situation then it's time to
>> rearchitect your application. You shouldn't have to ask this question.
>> You're fighting the message path, and while what you want to do can be
>> done, it ain't the right way to do things.
>>
>> That said, if you don't want to pass the calling stack as an argument
>> you need to look at the executionContexts to get the call stack.
>>
>> --
>> -Mark Wieder
>>   mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>>
>>
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