On 10/9/2016 4:25 PM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:
> If it were being designed from scratch, what would the ideal behavior
> be for a targetStack property? Should it remain unchanged while a
> script is running (unless set explicitly)?
Some long time ago, someone on this list suggested a control block such
as "using <objectReference>" ... "end using"
Where any object references in the block would always be evaluated
relative to the object referred to in the start of the using block.
So:
using card 3 of stack "X"
put the label of btn "A" into myVar
...
end using
Would look for button "A" on card 3 of stack "X"
using stack "X" would be essentially the same as set the defaultStack to "X"
but you could also do things like
using grp id 1005 of card 3 of stack "X"
repeat with i=1 to the number of fields
-- would refer only to the field in group ID 1005 of card 3 of
stack "X"
end repeat
end using
nested using block would presumably be possible
I always though this enhancement would be a great addition to LiveCode.
I would suggest this as a compliment to the defaultStack.
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