BTW I worked around this by using my getParentStack() function. Here it is:
function getParentCard pObjectID put offset("card id", pObjectID) into tStartChar put char tStartChar to -1 of pObjectID into tCardID return tCardID end getParentCard function getParentStack pObjectID put wordOffset("stack", pObjectID) into tFirstWord put word tFirstWord to tFirstWord +1 of pObjectID into tParentStack return tParentStack end getParentStack NOTE: I only use single word stack names. This function will have to be reworked to account for multi-word stack names. Honestly though, if people would follow basic conventions about naming things, everything gets much simpler. Bob S > On Aug 9, 2017, at 09:08 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Has any one run into the following situation in LiveCode standalones? > > In a multiple window application, the user has either a standard window > or a modal dialog open (the topWindow which is also the defaultStack). > They navigate to a 3rd party application and by some means back to the > LC standalone and click a control in the topWindow (again either a > standard window or dialog) and that window is NO LONGER the defaultStack > so an execution error occurs on the first control referenced that is not > fully qualified. > > Obviously, I can fix this by fully qualifying all my object references > (i.e. instead of using fld "x", using fld "X" of stack "Y") but I am > curious is anyone else has seen anything like this? _______________________________________________ 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