Hi Ken, I get it. Thanks a bunch.
Tim On Aug 28, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > I looked this up to be sure (Jean DeVoto's got a diagram and explanation of > the dynamic paths on this page: > http://www.jaedworks.com/hypercard/HT-Masters/scripting.html - go to the > section called "The Message Path"), but basically it goes like this: > > Imagine you have a stack with two cards, and a button the first card. > > The script of card one is empty. > > The script of card two is: > > on DoIt > answer "I'm on card 2" > end DoIt > > The script of button on card 1 is: > > on mouseUp > go card 2 > DoIt > end mouseUp > > In HyperCard (or if the dynamicPaths property is true in LiveCode), you'll > click the button, go to card 2 and the answer box will say "I'm on card 2". > If the dynamicPaths is false (the default) and you click the button, you go > to card 2, but then get a "can't find handler" error dialog. This is because > with the dynamicPaths turned *off*, LC will look in the normal message path > (from the button you clicked's perspective) to find the handler "DoIt". Since > it's not in the script of card 1 or in the stack script, you get the error > dialog. Turn it on, and card 2's script hierarchy (card/background/stack) is > inserted *between* the stack script and the libraries/backscripts/engine. So > this would mean the message would go: > > button 1 -> card 1 -> background(s) -> stack -> card 2 -> background(s) -> > stack -> libraries/backscripts/etc -> Engine > > Hope I have this right... > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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
