I think the message box just isn't scripted as well as it could be. At a
guess this could be patched - don't know if anyone has done this but if they
have let me know?
> From: Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:28:38 -0700
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Can't Call a Function from Msg Box?
>
> Recently, Peter Reid wrote:
>
>>> I can't call a function contained in the script of a stack from the msg box
>>> ("error in function handler"), but any object within the stack can call the
>>> same function without problem. Is this standard behavior for the msg box?
>
>> It works for me as long as the stack is the active (topLevel) stack
>> and you just type the function call, not put etc.
>
> I guess my problem is, you can get basically anything from the msg box using
> "this stack". I can see how "answer myFunction()" in the msg box might be
> somewhat ambiguous since it doesn't know you want to reference an open
> stack. Would it make sense to say something like:
>
> answer myFunction() via this stack
>
> or
>
> answer myFunction() using this stack?
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
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