Jacq, the button is on the card, and isn't in a group. g
-- photo site: http://gerryorkin.com On Thursday, 24 March 2011 at 8:32 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 3/23/11 4:41 AM, Gerry wrote: > > This is the script that calls the handler: > > > > on mouseup > > set the blendLevel of me to "10" > > updateSongsList > > end mouseup > > Where is the button located? On the card? In a group? > > > > > This is the handler that it calls (I've xxxx'd out some domain details): > > > > on updateSongsList > > local songsOnDevice, songListOnServer > > play empty > > hide button "stopButton" > > put "Checking for updates..." into field "messages" > > put url "https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.com/hrabisms/songsupdate.txt"; into > > songListOnServer > > put the dgText of group "Songs" into songsOnDevice > > if the number of lines in songListOnServer> the number of lines in > > songsOnDevice then > > put "Update received!" into field "messages" > > wait 120 > > set the dgText of group "Songs" to songListOnServer > > set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("Documents") > > put songsOnServer into URL ("file:songs.txt") > > else > > put "No update received. Rats." into field "messages" > > wait 120 > > end if > > put "" into field "messages" > > end updateSongsList > > I don't see anything untoward there. Something else is going on. > > > As I said previously, this script is not executed if it's in the card > > script, but does when it's in the stack script. That's weird enough, > > It's explainable if the button is farther back in the message hierarchy > than the card. The message path gets a little convoluted in background > groups. > > > but if I place it in the card script and I use "Send updateSongsList > > to this card" in the button script it starts executing the card script > > from the top, and I can track that by setting a breakpoint against the > > send command - it jumps from the button script into the card script, > > and I can step through all the lines in that card script, executing > > them as I go. > > > > Like I said, totally crazy! > > Did you happen to insert the card script into the message path? > > If it isn't already, try moving your button so that it sits directly on > the card itself, not in any group. Keep its mouseup handler the way you > have it above. That will put the card into the message path. Put your > updateSongsList handler in the card. > > I'm not sure what's going on, but it sounds like some kind of message > path conflict coupled with some kind of recursion. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
