Yup. Graham nailed it here.
The startup message is really only useful in a standalone app.
I have used it to take care of some setup stuff that's only really
useful in a standalone and not in the IDE. As Richard noted, once the
IDE is running it's already loaded several system stacks, most not
It's helpful to remember that the IDE is just a collection of stacks,
which are run automatically whenever the development engine is launched.
So the Dictionary's explanation is correct, and the recipient of the
startup message when running the IDE will be the IDE.
To initialize stacks simply
s that other stacks open
> before the one you, say, double click on in the finder.
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> Or I am wrong about that.
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> Craig
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am wrong about that.
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> I've found the startup m
I am wrong about that.
Craig
-Original Message-
From: Dr. Hawkins
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Sun, Jul 5, 2015 11:19 am
Subject: where does "startup" message go when in IDE
I've found the startup message, to be sent to the first stack opened.
It
seems useful, but
I've found the startup message, to be sent to the first stack opened.
It seems useful, but I haven't been able to trap it in the IDE.
In particular, I found an incantation to hide the stack or some such for
use at the command line.
Is it going to an IDE card? Could I simulate it with a
if the
