Re: Strange closeStack behavior
Okay, so I've come up with a relatively simple way to go about this. The problem is that when in standalone mode, closeStack does not close the splash stack, so the app keeps running even though there are no open windows, so I need to quit when the mainStack closes. But in Development mode, I don't want to quit because THEN Livecode quits, so I need to use close stack. So I put this code in the Mainstack's script and it seems to do the trick. on closeStackRequest put getParentStack(the long id of the target) into tParentStack if the short name of the target is "Main" then dispatch resetMainForm to the target else dispatch "clearForm" to tParentStack end if save stack tParentStack if the environment is not "Development" then send "quit" to me in 0 seconds else send "close stack tParentStack" to me in 0 seconds end if pass closeStackRequest END closeStackRequest BOB S > On Oct 4, 2021, at 14:14 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Got it thanks. That explains why I cannot even trap for closeStackRequest int > othe substack script. The really odd thing is I can in the message box enter > "close stack Time Calculator" and it closes without even bothering to ask if > I want to save it, even when it is "dirty". > > I was thinking of checking the dirty flag on idle, with a constant or > property to enable or disable auto save, then check for the dirty flag on > idle + time delay and auto save the stack. > > This really is only an issue with development. It's a hassle to switch to the > pointer tool, save the substack then switch back to the browse tool. > > I complained about this behavior a couple times, but there really is no > graceful way to do this without some kind of a kludge. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
Got it thanks. That explains why I cannot even trap for closeStackRequest int othe substack script. The really odd thing is I can in the message box enter "close stack Time Calculator" and it closes without even bothering to ask if I want to save it, even when it is "dirty". I was thinking of checking the dirty flag on idle, with a constant or property to enable or disable auto save, then check for the dirty flag on idle + time delay and auto save the stack. This really is only an issue with development. It's a hassle to switch to the pointer tool, save the substack then switch back to the browse tool. I complained about this behavior a couple times, but there really is no graceful way to do this without some kind of a kludge. Thanks for the suggestion. Bob S > On Oct 4, 2021, at 10:46 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 10/4/21 12:14 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> The stack in question is the only substack of a couple without a custom >> menu, so I am wondering if the last stack with a custom menu becomes the >> topStack?? > > If there is no custom menu then LC's menu takes over, and that's the one that > triggers the dialog. You might be able to solve the problem by using a custom > menu without much in it, maybe just File and Edit menus. > > If you're going to build a standalone then the problem shouldn't happen there > at all. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
On 10/4/21 12:14 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: The stack in question is the only substack of a couple without a custom menu, so I am wondering if the last stack with a custom menu becomes the topStack?? If there is no custom menu then LC's menu takes over, and that's the one that triggers the dialog. You might be able to solve the problem by using a custom menu without much in it, maybe just File and Edit menus. If you're going to build a standalone then the problem shouldn't happen there at all. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
So my only solution I can come up with to keep this from happening is to disable the Close Window control, then add a button that saves the stack then closes it. It's ugly, but what else can I do. For my part, if a stack is a substack of a mainstack and I close it, the Save dialog should not present itself. I say that because if I manually save the substack, the splash dialog seems to indicate it is saving the mainstack and under it the list of all the substacks. Bob S > On Oct 4, 2021, at 09:49 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Okay, so I went through every closeStack and closeStackRequest handler in ALL > my stacks and libraries and commented out the handlers. The problem persists. > The stack in question is the only substack of a couple without a custom menu, > so I am wondering if the last stack with a custom menu becomes the topStack?? > > Bob S > > >> On Oct 4, 2021, at 08:30 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Ohhh good suggestion I'll do that. >> >> Bob S >> >> >>> On Oct 4, 2021, at 06:30 , Craig Newman via use-livecode >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Maybe just before the closeStackRequest line, ask for the topStack. Is it >>> possible the mainStack is somehow in front? >>> >>> Craig >>> On Oct 1, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. Very strange. I have a substance belonging to a mainstack that has LOTS of other sub stacks. Only on this ONE substack, when I click the close button (the red dot in the upper left of a MacOS window) it asks me if I want to ave the stack, EVEN THOUGH I have a closeStackRequest in the stack script that saves the stack before passing closeStackRequest. If I don't save, or if I do save, the MAINSTACK closes, NOT just the substack! If I cancel nothing happens. What the.??? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
Okay, so I went through every closeStack and closeStackRequest handler in ALL my stacks and libraries and commented out the handlers. The problem persists. The stack in question is the only substack of a couple without a custom menu, so I am wondering if the last stack with a custom menu becomes the topStack?? Bob S > On Oct 4, 2021, at 08:30 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ohhh good suggestion I'll do that. > > Bob S > > >> On Oct 4, 2021, at 06:30 , Craig Newman via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Hi. >> >> Maybe just before the closeStackRequest line, ask for the topStack. Is it >> possible the mainStack is somehow in front? >> >> Craig >> >>> On Oct 1, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> Very strange. I have a substance belonging to a mainstack that has LOTS of >>> other sub stacks. Only on this ONE substack, when I click the close button >>> (the red dot in the upper left of a MacOS window) it asks me if I want to >>> ave the stack, EVEN THOUGH I have a closeStackRequest in the stack script >>> that saves the stack before passing closeStackRequest. >>> >>> If I don't save, or if I do save, the MAINSTACK closes, NOT just the >>> substack! If I cancel nothing happens. >>> >>> What the.??? >>> ___ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
Ohhh good suggestion I'll do that. Bob S > On Oct 4, 2021, at 06:30 , Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi. > > Maybe just before the closeStackRequest line, ask for the topStack. Is it > possible the mainStack is somehow in front? > > Craig > >> On Oct 1, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> Very strange. I have a substance belonging to a mainstack that has LOTS of >> other sub stacks. Only on this ONE substack, when I click the close button >> (the red dot in the upper left of a MacOS window) it asks me if I want to >> ave the stack, EVEN THOUGH I have a closeStackRequest in the stack script >> that saves the stack before passing closeStackRequest. >> >> If I don't save, or if I do save, the MAINSTACK closes, NOT just the >> substack! If I cancel nothing happens. >> >> What the.??? >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Strange closeStack behavior
Hi. Maybe just before the closeStackRequest line, ask for the topStack. Is it possible the mainStack is somehow in front? Craig > On Oct 1, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > Very strange. I have a substance belonging to a mainstack that has LOTS of > other sub stacks. Only on this ONE substack, when I click the close button > (the red dot in the upper left of a MacOS window) it asks me if I want to ave > the stack, EVEN THOUGH I have a closeStackRequest in the stack script that > saves the stack before passing closeStackRequest. > > If I don't save, or if I do save, the MAINSTACK closes, NOT just the > substack! If I cancel nothing happens. > > What the.??? > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
