Whoops: Getting the name of the script only stack an handler is in

[Bob Sneidar]

And I replied before checking all my other emails. Seriously, at some point we need to develop a list system where emails remain threaded. I have over 40 from this list this morning, and reading through every one, then trying to go back and respond is a little more brainwork than I am used to before my 3rd cup of coffee. :-)

Bob S


> On Dec 31, 2018, at 14:48 , William Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Folks:
> Sorry, I accidentally sent the email before finishing it. Here’s the complete message.
> But perhaps I’ve solved it. I only need to put the name of the “feature” stack in the pollActions handler. Anyway, I still have my question.
> 
> I’m trying to implement a structure where I can simply add script only stacks that seamlessly add capability to my app. To do this, I have all of the “feature” stacks in a given folder, and when I initialize the app, I start using all of the “feature” stacks. Then I want to initialize all of them, so I send a message that gets passed in each “feature” stack.
> 
> I do, in each “feature” stack (which doesn’t give me the answer I want):
> 
> on pollActions
> 	put the short name of the current stack into myAction  (I want the name of the stack that contains this script)
> 	dispatch "actionsList" to cd "Opening" of stack "CP_Main" with myAction
> 	pass pollActions
> end pollActions
> 
> 
> In the main stack, I have:
> 
> local actionsList
> 
> on actionsList tList
> 	put tList&cr after actionsList
> end actionsList
> 
> 
> 
> My question:
> How do I get the name of the script only stack that holds the “Feature” code? The above code gives me the name of the main stack, which is not useful for my purposes.
> 
> Best,
> Bill