NEVER MIND "Delete stack" is the answer. I should have known. I just wasn't associating "Delete" with "removing from memory"
On 5/14/2018 3:19 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: > I know this has been discussed before, so my apologies that my Google-Fu > has failed to find any prior answer. > > I have a complex script - part of an Installer "maker" written in > LiveCode - that creates stacks and builds them into Standalones for > various platforms via a long automated script. After the script has > assembled all of the necessary stacks for a build, it executes: > > *send*"revSaveAsStandalone"&"e&tStackName"etostack"revSaveAsStandalone" > > To perform the build. All is good up to this point. The script then > executes "close stack tStackname" and reaches the 'end repeat' to start > the next loop for the next build. The problem is that the next build > contains some stacks with the same names as from the previous build and > I get warning messages about having multiple stacks in memory with the > same name. > > I have verified that destroyStack is true. I have added a "wait 5 sec > with messages" after the "close stack tStackname". tStackname is no > longer listed in "the openStacks" nor in "the stacks". It is however > still in memory and listed in "revLoadedStacks(application)". I even > tried the following script calling "removeStackFromMemory tStackName". > *command*removeStackFromMemory pStackName > *set*wholeMatchestotrue > *repeat* whilepStackName isamongthelinesofrevLoadedStacks(application) > *set*cursortobusy > *set*thedestroyStackofstackpStackname totrue > *close*stackpStackName > *wait*1secondwithmessages > *end* *repeat* > *end*removeStackFromMemory > > To try to ensure that tStackName was removed from memory. No luck. While > the script is executing (even though this script is not part of > tStackName) the file will not be removed form memory. > > Does anyone know of a hidden "revXYZ" command (a counterpart to > revLoadedStacks) or some way of absolutely reliably removing a stack and > its substacks from memory when you ask it to!!!!! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
