Hi Paul This is as intended. Startup goes to the first stack the engine runs not other stacks that are opened. Use preOpenStack for that.
Cheers Monte Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Jun 2016, at 6:09 AM, Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: > > In LiveCode 6.7.11 and 8.1.0rc1 the startup message is send to your main > stack when the mainstack is built as a standalone. However, if you open > your stack in the IDE, the startup message is never received > > You can test this by making a new stack with the following script in the > stack script: > on startup > answer "Startup message received" > quit > end startup > > save the stack and build it as a standalone > > Open the stack in LC and notice no answer dialog appears. Run the > standalone and the answer dialog appears and then the app quits when the > answer is responded to. > > I assume the IDE is receiving the start up message since the > documentation says 'startup' is send only once to the first start that > is opened. > > I think this should be a "bug". In general, any message a standalone > could receive should be presented in the IDE for effective debugging. I > think the IDE should pass the startup message to the first NON-IDE stack > being opened. > > Having a message like 'startup' that is sent only ONCE is pretty handy, > but if it can't be debugged in the IDE, it reduced its value. > > Before I submit this as a bug, especially since this "bug" seems to be > the behavior that has been in place for some time, i want to poll the LC > community and see if other agree it is an IDE bug and 'startup' should > be received by your first stack opened? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
