I haven't tested your script but wanted to suggest looking at the "revert" command as I believe this is supposed to force the reload of a stack.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Jan 2, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Ian McKnight <iangmckni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > > Could someone confirm (or otherwise) that what I hope to happen with this > script will indeed happen? > > I have a stack loaded into memory at start up. I have exclusive use of it > for a period of time. When the time runs out someone else can use and change > the stack. But I want to use the data stack again - after it has been > changed by someone else but as I haven't quit my program I still have the > 'old' version in memory. Will this script force the file to be re-read from > disc? > > command openDataFile pName > -------------------------------------------- > > if gWaitingToGoAgainAfterTimeOut = false > then > > -- load the file first time of asking > > put "data/"&pName into tName > open invisible stack tName > > else > > -- stack could have changed > -- clear my old version out of memory > -- and load stack again > > set the destroyStack of stack pName to true > close stack pName > open invisible stack tName > > end if > end openDataFile > > Thanks for any feedback. > > And a Happy New Year to all. > > > -- > Regards > > > Ian McKnight > > iangmckni...@gmail.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
