ensuring AE is open

[niconiko]

This is a very basic problem.

In my preOpenStack handler I have:

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if "animationEngine" is not among the lines of the stacksInUse then
if there is a stack animationEngine then 
      start using "animationengine"
    else
       answer "animationEngine is not open. Please open animationEngine 3 and start using it"
         exit to top
      end if
   end if

But, I get the "AE not open" message.

AE is in the same directory as the stack, and in the Rev engine directory.

I know that I can open AE from within the Rev development environment. But there must be a way of getting a stack or standalone to directly open AE.

Thank you.

[Janschenkel]

The problem is, the engine doens't find the animationEngine stack just because it's in the same directory as your stack; it looks in the defaultFolder and a few odd places.
The easiest way is to add animationEngine to the stackfiles of your project's mainstack. Open the Stack Inspector, switch to the Stack Files panel, and click the 'folder' icon to select the animatinEngine.rev file on the hard disk.
Now your preOpenstack handler will work just fine, and as a bonus, the standalone builder will automatically include a copy of the animationEngine stack along with the built standalone.

Jan Schenkel.

[niconiko]

Thanks Jan. That did the trick.