On 7/7/11 10:44 PM, Pete wrote:
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.
The target is the object that receives the message, not the one that
sent it. Your mainstack sent it; the library stack received it.
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.
Some of us just put a function into the mainstack script. I use this all
the time. I got the idea from Richard Gaskin:
function main
return the short name of me
end main
Then whenever you want to reference the mainstack, you just use main().
It also allows you to avoid structures like this in substacks:
put the short name of (the mainstack of this stack)
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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