I'm beginning to think the same thing. However the dictionary entry for "the target" says it resolves to the object that "originally received the message" and since the start using command came from the preOpenCard handler of a card in the application stack, I took that to mean the card that issued the "start using" command.
I can easily get round this by calling the initialise handler from the original card immediately after the start using command - I was hoping to make things as simple as possible for the people who want to incorporate my library into their stacks but I guess one extra line of code is no big deal. The custom property holds a list of databases to be opened by the library. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: > Pete- > > Thursday, July 7, 2011, 6:12:32 PM, you wrote: > > > When the app starts up, I issue a "start using" command to bring in my > > library handlers. I have a libraryStack handler which needs to get hold > of > > the value of a custom property in the main stack of the handler that > issued > > the "start using" command. > > In that case, that sounds like the wrong architecture. My thinking is > that a library stack shouldn't have to have a knowledge of the stack > using it. Otherwise it might just as well be a substack of the > mainstack, and then your troubles are over. > > Is there another paradigm you can use other than a custom property of > the stack that uses the library? > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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