I see what you mean about the target, confusion on my part. And thanks for the main(), definitely saves on typing.
Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:02 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > 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) > > -- > 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<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
