Unfortunately it's the sendee. The object receiving the message. Bob S
> On Jul 12, 2018, at 12:59 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I wonder if the target would return the sender or the sender. I'll check it > out. > > Bob S > > >> On Jul 12, 2018, at 11:57 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >>> I have a sticky problem here, or I should say a slippery one. >>> Something in my scripts is sending a selectionChanged message in time >>> to a specific datagrid when it shouldn't. How do I determine the >>> sender of a send in time message? The pendingMessages and >>> executionContexts are cleared by that time. >> >> I don't believe the LC engine maintains awareness of the sender of timers. >> If it does, I don't know of a way that's exposed to scripters. >> >> Where timers are used sparingly, it may be practical as a workaround to >> search for those instances and add a param to sent messages to track that. >> >> Alternatively, when using "send...in <time>" then "the result" will contain >> the ID of the newly created timer. You could use that as the key in an >> array which stores any info you need about the caller, being mindful of >> course to clear entries as they fire so the array doesn't grow beyond >> reasonable bounds. >> >> May also be useful to submit an enhancement request for that info, though I >> have no suggestions as to how this should be handled, except perhaps by >> adding a new item to the pendingMessages entry which would contain the long >> id of the sender, if that's sufficient. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
