Thanks Scott. I cannot believe how dumb I am somedays. The problem was I pasted the code as it was in my openStack handler and after looking at it I see they both call the same thing.
Your latest version fixed it. thank again. John Balgenorth On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > I should have clarified that I listed two scripts: one for answer, one for > ask. But the script is working here for all versions of LC, Mac and Win, > including v7. Not sure what to tell you. Did you try the script in a > new, empty stack? > > Something like this would be better to be all-inclusive: > > on suspendStack > put the openStacks into theList > if "answer dialog" is among the lines of theList then set the loc of > stack "answer dialog" to loc of me > if "ask dialog" is among the lines of theList then set the loc of stack > "ask dialog" to loc of me > end suspendStack > > > Historically, there has been no "approved" way to position the dialogs > that I know of. This method was suggested a long time ago (can't recall > by who) but it works for me. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 8/23/14 9:25 AM, "JB" <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > >> Hi Scott, >> >> I put the script in my stack script and it continued to >> show the answer dialog in the center of the screen. >> So I replaced llc with ³112,110² and nothing changed. >> >> Then I added "put the openStacks" into the mouseUp >> handler where the answer dialog is called from. If it >> is at the very beginning of the handler it puts the open >> stacks in the message box. But if it is before or after >> the answer script nothing is put in the message >> box. >> >> John Balgenorth >> >> >> On Aug 23, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>>> >>>>> Will that let you position the ask and answer dialogs? >>>>> >>>>> John Balgenorth >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Here's one way to position ask/answer dialogs on desktop: >>> >>> [ in your stack script ] >>> >>> on suspendStack >>> if "ask dialog" is among the lines of the openStacks then >>> set the loc of stack "ask dialog" to the loc of me >>> end if >>> end suspendStack >>> >>> >>> on suspendStack >>> if "answer dialog" is among the lines of the openStacks then >>> set the loc of stack "answer dialog" to the loc of me >>> end if >>> end suspendStack >>> >>> >>> >>> ( can replace "loc of me" with any desired screenLoc ) >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
