Hi Jacque, I think you might be running into the "no-GUI-for-scripts" issue. As I understand it from my reverse-engineered point of view (subject to change), MC knows that a script isn't a stack, so it doesn't 'activate' GUI support when running one. So if a script tries to invoke MC GUI support (aka "open a stack"), MC doesn't comply. In other words, a script apparently can't open a stack because the stack has GUI aspects that aren't supported by MC during script execution. (Try checking 'the result' after the script's "go" command - there may be an error msg from MC.)
BUT: a script CAN "use" a stack! It can also get stuff from a stack that has not been opened. And if I remember correctly, the scripts in a non-opened, non-libraried stack can also be run by an outside MC entity. You just send whatever message to the [control or card in the] target stack. The stack gets loaded into memory but never opened. So maybe if you rethink your approach slightly, you can still get to where you want to go - without "going" there. :o) Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "metacard list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: Go stack > I have successfully installed darwin mc in OS X and have the echo.mt > script working. Now I'm trying to get an mt script to go to a stack and > find some information in it. The script fails at the "go" command. If I > change the script to say "there is a stack 'mystack.mc'" it returns > "true", so it knows the stack is there. But "go stack 'mystack.mc'" > doesn't work. Is it possible to use "go" in an mt script? > > Also, are there any other rules that one should keep in mind when > accessing stacks from a MetaCard cgi? Anything else that fails or needs > to be done differently? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
