Hi John,
MC's save-before-close mechanism may be script-based. I think this will take
you there (when typed in msg box):
edit script of button "menuButton" of stack "metacard menu bar"
If that script is the right one, you can probably figure out MC's mechanism
by studying it.
Phil Davis
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kiltinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Saving changes
> I am aiming toward a standalone that opens and closes several stacks. I
> want to prompt the user to save changes in these stacks when they are
> closed. I have written "on closeStackRequest" handlers that issue such
> prompts. My question now is: Is there a straightforward way to avoid
> bringing up this save prompt if there have been no changes made to the
> stack?
>
> The release notes for MetaCard 2.2.1 include this statement:
>
> Numerous improvements to the standard UI have been made, including an
> improve system for prompting to save your work when exiting MetaCard,
> and protection against deleting a group that appears on multiple
> cards.
>
> My experience with MetaCard's own save changes prompts seems to indicate
> that MetaCard has some built-in capacity to recognize if changes have been
> made to a stack and not prompt for a save if none have been made. Is
there
> any way that one could take advantage of this capacity?
>
> John Kiltinen
>
>
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