Mike wrote:
>I'm opening a MIAW from my projector. I have a close routine (x
>in the upper right) with the following code
>
>on mouseUp
> tell the stage to closeMiaw
>end
>
>and in my main movie...
>
>on closeMiaw
> if ilk(gMyMiaw) <> #window then exit -- MIAW is not opened so
>exit
> close gMyMiaw -- close MIAW
> forget gMyMiaw -- forget MIAW so you can
>edit the MIAW when projector is still running
> -- set the visible of the stage = TRUE -- make the stage
>visible again
>end closeMiaw
>
>my problem is if I try to close the MIAW before it has actually
>started I get the following error:
snip
I don't understand what you mean by "try to close the MIAW before it
has actually started", but anyway: It does not help to "tell the
stage" to forget the miaw, if the event that forgets the miaw
originates from the miaw itself. So your code above wont prevent the
dreaded miaw-close-crash. You need to somehow defer the process of
forgetting the miaw to an event which comes from the stage itself.
Excerpts from earlier direct-l mail follows:
In D8, "timeOutObjects" seem perfect for the purpose.
Below an example where a mouseDown inside the MIAW, transfers the
process of forgetting the MIAW to the stage, without the need for any
implementation in the stage itself:
Both of the scripts below are to be implemented in the miaw, however
they do the forgetting from an event from the stage.
It works because each movie has its own timeOutList.
----<score script: "forgetButton">----
on mouseUp me
script("miawForgetter").new()
end
----</score script: "forgetButton">----
----<parent script: miawForgetter>----
property pWindow
on new me
pWindow = the activeWindow
pWindow.close()
tell the stage
timeOut(me.string).new(1, #mForget , me)
end tell
end
on mForget me, aTimer
aTimer.forget()
theWindow = pWindow
pWindow = VOID
theWindow.forget()
end
----</parent script: miawForgetter>----
Only tested on Mac, but see if this works well on Winthell.
If you do not have D8, I'm pretty sure someone has a more classic
"looping flagWatcher" approach handy.
Cheers, Jakob
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