That is interesting. It means that if you had a handler in both the library and the stack script named the same thing, the library would run first, then the stack version if the message were passed.
Of course, I can beat you all to the punch by saying, "Well don't do that!" :-) Bob On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:52 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 8/24/11 1:31 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> I may misunderstand then. I thought that a library stack was enabled >> with the start using command, and that this is why the scripts run, >> because the stack script of a stack in use is inserted into the >> backscript. Am I wrong? If so, then how are the commands and >> functions in a library stack inserted into the message path? > > I don't know if it's changed since the old MetaCard days, but back then Dr > Raney explained one of the distinctions to me. > > Stacks in use place their stack script into the message hierarchy just before > the Home stack script. (In a standalone, Home is your mainstack.) This > retains compatibility with HyperCard. > > Scripts inserted "into back" are placed after the Home stack script; they are > the last thing before the engine gets messages. > > Another distinction is that any script of any object can be inserted into > back (which allows a great deal of flexibility; the LiveCode IDE inserts > button scripts into back to load things it needs.) But when a stack is put in > use, only the stack script itself is inserted into the hierarchy; no other > object scripts are available. > > Libraries are strictly stacks in use. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
