Thanks Richard. If I understand the message path correctly, the preOpenStack handler in the mainstack will be executed for every substack of the main stack that is opened? I can easily check whether my initialisation code has already executed in the handler but was hoping for a way to have the code executed just once when the app started up. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Pete wrote: > >> Thanks folks, didn't realise this message only applied to standalones. Is >> there then no equivalent for stacks running in the IDE, other than a >> preOpenCard/preOpenStack handler? >> > > Startup is for when the engine starts up, preOpenStack is for when a stack > is opened. Having both messages is very useful. Using preOpenStack for > things you want to initialize in both the IDE and as a standalone will do > what you need. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: > http://LiveCodejournal.com/**blog.irv<http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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
