LC 4.6.3 Gotcha?

[Peter M. Brigham, MD]

From the user guide:

"If a stack's dynamicPaths property is set to true, message handlers in that
stack use HyperCard's dynamic path behavior: if a handler uses the go or find
command to go to a card other than the original card, that destination card's message path
is inserted into the message path as long as the handler is on that card. The
dynamicPaths property is provided for compatibility with imported HyperCard stacks,
and is normally set to false, but you may encounter this behavior when working with a
stack that was originally created in HyperCard."

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
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On Aug 27, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:

> Thanks John,
> 
> Right.
> 
> send "fooHandler" to stack "schedule" works. "fooHandler" finds its way through the hierarchy to the group.
> 
> I know it works because I had to re-write my script that way to get it working again. The older version was just:
> 
> go to stack "schedule"
> fooHandler
> 
> Was the old version incorrect?
> 
> The older version worked for years, stopped working a few days ago. I'm trying to figure out why it stopped working.
> 
> I have quite a few other scripts written the old way. I might need to start hunting them down and fixing them.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Aug 27, 2011, at 12:25 PM, John Dixon wrote:
> 
>> 
>> on mouseUp   do this   do that   go to stack "schedule"   answer the short name of this stack   send foohandler to group xxx end mouseUp	
>> Will work...
>> 
>> 
>>> the script of the button:
>>> 
>>> On mouseup
>>> 	do this
>>> 	do that
>>> 	go to stack "schedule"
>>> 	answer the short name of this stack
>>> 	fooHandler
>>> end mouseUp
>>> 
>>> The answer command confirms that we have arrived at stack "schedule"
>>> 
>>> on stack "schedule" there is a group, with a script:
>>> 
>>> on fooHandler
>>> 	answer "the foo has been handled"
>>> end fooHandler
>>> 
>>> Is the syntax correct?
>>> 
>>> Or, am I supposed to write:
>>> 
>>> Send "fooHandler" to stack "schedule" 
>>> 
>>> or something of that nature?
>>> 
>>> Depending on the answer, I might have a followup question.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 26, 2011, at 10:39 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
>>> 
>>>> My previous message with this subject line was too complicated and hard to understand, so I'm going to re-post it, simplified:
>>>> 
>>>> A script that has worked for years has stopped working. I'm not getting an error message. It just partly executes, then stops.
>>>> 
>>>> The only reason I can think of is that I recently upgraded from LC 4.5.x to LC 4.6.3 (for the Macintosh).
>>>> 
>>>> The essence of the old script:
>>>> 
>>>> go to stack "schedule"
>>>> billingnote2
>>>> 
>>>> the "billingnote2" message is supposed to find its handler in the script of a group on stack "schedule" I'm sure the necessary group is present on the card.
>>>> 
>>>> As a test, I put this handler in the group script of stack "schedule"
>>>> 
>>>> on billingNote2
>>>> 	answer "this handler is working"
>>>> end billingNote2
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not getting an answer.
>>>> 
>>>> I changed the script:
>>>> go to stack "schedule"
>>>> send "billingnote2" to stack "schedule"
>>>> 
>>>> it started working.
>>>> 
>>>> Why did this script stop working? Does it have something to do with the upgrade to 4.6.3?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
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