Thanks for the insight and suggestion, Richard. I’ve gone with the “MyPut” option for the moment.
Regards Peter > On 24 Apr 2015, at 23:22, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > > Peter Wood wrote: > > > I’m planning on writing some library functions for testing that can > > be called from either a GUI stack or a server script. When called > > from a GUI script it will display its results in a Field, when called > > from a server script it will displays its result in the console. > > > > I’m trying to find a better way than: > > > > if the environment is “server” then > > put tResult > > else > > put tResult after Field tReport > > end > > Two options come to mind, each with their own tradeoffs: > > 1. Custom "put" handler > You could use something like "MyPut" instead of "put", so the branching is in > just one place. Easy to write, but difficult to accommodate since it would > mean changing every place you currently use "put". > > 2. revMessageBoxRedirect > That's a global property which is empty by default, and when empty "put" > output goes to stdOut when faceless and to a stack named "Message Box" when > in the IDE as you found. But when set to the long ID of any object, that > object will then receive "msgChanged" messages for any puts which could be > handled however you like, such as displaying the msg string in a field in > your own stack. > > The downside with the latter is that as long as the revMessageBoxRedirect is > not empty, you'll be responsible for handling all Message Box actions; that > is, you'll lose the IDE's Message Box as a place for output, for any and all > scripts that might otherwise "put" to it. > > But if that's what you're looking for, revMessageBoxRedirect can be handy. I > have a Message Box replacement that uses it and it's been a godsend. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.coms > > _______________________________________________ > 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
