I’m putting together a simple demo and will post on bulgiest in a few. 

Bob S


> On Apr 18, 2020, at 2:18 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> What do you get if you use "go" instead of "open"?
> 
> On 4/18/20 3:48 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>> Okay I created a simple stack with one sub stack. In the card script of 
>> stack 1 I put the handler:
>> on openStack
>>    put the defaultStack & cr into msg
>>    open stack "untitled 2"
>>    put the defaultStack & cr after msg
>>    open me
>>    put the defaultStack & cr after msg
>> end openStack
>> I get:
>> stack "Untitled 1"
>> stack "Untitled 2"
>> stack "Untitled 2”
>> It seems going,opening a stack sets the opened stack to the default… IF IT’s 
>> NOT ALREADY OPENED! If it IS, well then you are on your own. The 
>> defaultStack is the last stack opened. (I’m assuming it’s a normal stack and 
>> not a pallet or something else).
>> Now you would think at this point you can use topStack instead, but NAY! 
>> This script:
>> on openStack
>>    put the defaultStack && the short name of the topStack & cr into msg
>>    open stack "untitled 2"
>>    put the defaultStack && the short name of the topStack & cr after msg
>>    go me
>>    put the defaultStack && the short name of the topStack & cr after msg
>> end openStack
>> produces:
>> stack "Untitled 1" Untitled 1
>> stack "Untitled 2" Untitled 2
>> stack "Untitled 2" Untitled 2
>> After I go me, neither the defaultStack nor the topStack changes! What is 
>> more, the untitled 2 stack still has focus!!
>> Just to be certain I disabled all my plugins and relaunched, same thing.
>> This CANNOT BE RIGHT! And if it is the expected behavior, it ought not be.
>> Bob S
>>> On Apr 18, 2020, at 12:56 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 4/18/20 11:33 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Until I can figure out what is causing it, I cannot trust the defaultStack.
>>> 
>>> I think the basic lesson here is "if you're going to rely on the 
>>> defaultstack you should set the defaultstack".
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Mark Wieder
>>> ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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