Sometimes I have similar problems even with not linked scripts. They
just don't recompile. Quitting and reloading is the only possibilty.

Florian

Slava Paperno wrote:
> 
> Since you guys are talking about .ls files ("File IO"), has anyone noticed
> that the externally linked scripts sometimes require a kisk in the ass
> before they're updated properly? My impression is that D8 actually stores a
> copy of a linked script internally, and when you edit the script, and save
> it to disk, sometimes it is the earlier version that gets executed--at
> least until you resave the dir file under a different name, or reopen it.
> 
> Many times I actually had to quit D8 before my changes in the externally
> linked script took effect. (Even though I made these changes from D's own
> script editor--I don't use external script editors.)
> 
> At one point I actually deleted the script from the movie, saved the movie
> (under the same name), and the handlers still ran! It was only when I
> closed D8, restarted it, and reopened the movie, that the absence of the
> script was noticed.
> 
> Does this happen to anyone else? Is there a way to kick Director into
> making it aware of the changes in the linked script? Or is it just me?
> 
> I've seen this both under Windows 2000 and Mac OS 9.04.
> 
> Slava
> 
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