Thanks Paul, you nailed it! I did as you suggested, except I simply closed the stack after setting destroyStack to true rather than delete it and all worked. I had to refresh the Application Browser to see it disappear but that's not unusual.
Thanks to you and Mark for helping out. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Paul Hibbert <l...@pbh.on-rev.com> wrote: > Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but if you are applying the > destroyStack right before the delete stack you are not changing anything > permanently, unless you save the stack before deleting it of course. > > Called from "Stack A": > > set the destroyStack of stack "Stack B" to true > delete stack "Stack B" > > This works for me ("Stack B" disappears from the app browser) and when I > re-open "Stack B" the destroyStack is still as it was, i.e. false > > Paul > > > On 2012-06-27, at 12:39 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > HI Paul, > > Unfortunately, I can't use that method. I'm doing this as part of a tool > > I'll be announcing soon so it will be accessing other peoples' stacks > and I > > don't think they'd be happy if I changed the destroyStack property on > them! > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Paul Hibbert <l...@pbh.on-rev.com> > wrote: > > > >> Peter, > >> > >> Have you tried setting the destroyStack to true before deleting it? > >> > >> set the destroyStack of myStack to true > >> > >> Quote from the LC Dictionary; > >> "destroyStack Summary: > >> Specifies whether a stack is purged from memory when it's closed, or > >> whether it remains in memory. > >> > >> Value: > >> The destroyStack of a stack is true or false. > >> > >> By default, the destroyStack property of newly created stacks is set to > >> false." > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
