I guess this isn't quite the same thing but why is it that when I create a field by script, the size of the field is different than when I just drag one to my stack from the Tools palette. I thought the templates were supposed to ensure consistency but maybe I'm misunderstanding their purpose
Pete On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: > Jacque- > > Saturday, July 23, 2011, 11:46:53 AM, you wrote: > > > On 7/22/11 10:26 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> Jacque- > >> > >> Friday, July 22, 2011, 7:49:28 PM, you wrote: > >> > >>> On 7/22/11 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >>>> Jacque- > >>>> > >>>> Friday, July 22, 2011, 2:26:00 PM, you wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> You can set the destroystack property for newly-created stacks in the > >>>>> Files and Memory section of prefs. > >>>> > >>>> Unless you create stacks by script, in which case the destroyStack > >>>> preference is ignored... sad but true... > >>>> > >> > >>> For real? But...I do that all the time. I guess I never actually > checked > >>> on it, but I don't remember the files hanging around in memory either. > >>> Is that some new glitch? Does it also happen in standalones? (I wonder > >>> how you'd check that in a standalone.) > >> > >> BZ #3190 (17 October 2005), but as Mark Waddingham attempts to explain > >> "This isn't actually a bug." > >> > > > I see. I think I agree with Mark, but in any case it doesn't affect my > > code. I always script the destroystack property specifically after > > creating a new stack in code, and I almost always do it in a standalone > > (to make a user prefs stack usually.) It's good to know about it though. > > You can also set the destroyStack of the templateStack before creating > a script and get the same result. Still, I do wish stack creation > would respect the IDE preferences setting so that we wouldn't end up > with little surprises like this. > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
