Message path SubStack Attached Stack issue

[mrcoollion]

Hello LC friends,

I have a problem with accessing a function/command in the Main Stack from another stack I attached or vise versa.

first:
The reason I build the attached stack is that there was too much code in the main stack slowing down the reaction time in the editor. So I moved a few thousand lines to a new stack and attached it with the below-shown code. At run time I could not use a function in the new stack that resides in the Main Stack.

Then I thought to be smart and attached this new stack as a sub stack to the Main Stack and removed the code below from preopenstack section. But then I could not use any of the commands in this new attached substack.

So what am I overlooking in the message path?
I would rather not copy the thousands of lines of code back to the Main stack because it makes programming any code in the Main Stack a pain in the ...

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put tASSPath & "IndicatorCommands_V001.livecode" into sIndicatorCommands
   open stack sIndicatorCommands
   start using stack sIndicatorCommands
   set the visible of stack sIndicatorCommands to false

[richmond62]

Um . . . so the Main stack is called "sIndicatorCommands", and what is the function called?

Because I have a funny feeling that if the stack and the function are given the same name . . .

[Klaus]

If this is really substack, then this should do the job in the pre-/openstack handler of the mainstack:

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start using "name of substack"
...

[mrcoollion]

Thanks, Klaus,

start using "name of substack"

Did the trick. I should not have put Stack before the substack name.

Regards,

Paul

[dunbarx]

I always use:

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start using stack "myStack" --includes "stack"

I only just now tested and found out one can:

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start using "myStack"

But it makes no difference.

Craig

[Klaus]

Yep, adding "stack" should not make a difference!

[mrcoollion]

Thanks Klaus..

Question: When a stack that is opened has been set as a substack in the project browser, does that stack become a part of the main stack, and is it automatically saved with the main stack? And will it automatically become a part of the runtime version?

Regards,

Paul

[Klaus]

Dag Paul,

yes, yes, and yes.


Best

Klaus

[mrcoollion]

Bedankt voor je antwoord..

Appreciate it

[Klaus]

Graag gedaan!

[dunbarx]

Gesundheit.

Substacks are permanent "children" of a mainStack. They all live together in a single stack file.

So when you add the mainStack stack file to, say, a splash stack file in the "Stacks" pane of the "Standalone Application Settings", you can see the subStacks of the mainStack listed to the right.

Craig

[mrcoollion]

Thanks for the explanation Craig.

[Klaus]

Gesundheit.

Sheeeesh...

[andresdt]

Hello LC friends,

I have a problem with accessing a function/command in the Main Stack from another stack I attached or vise versa.

first:
The reason I build the attached stack is that there was too much code in the main stack slowing down the reaction time in the editor. So I moved a few thousand lines to a new stack and attached it with the below-shown code. At run time I could not use a function in the new stack that resides in the Main Stack.

Then I thought to be smart and attached this new stack as a sub stack to the Main Stack and removed the code below from preopenstack section. But then I could not use any of the commands in this new attached substack.

So what am I overlooking in the message path?
I would rather not copy the thousands of lines of code back to the Main stack because it makes programming any code in the Main Stack a pain in the ...

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put tASSPath & "IndicatorCommands_V001.livecode" into sIndicatorCommands
   open stack sIndicatorCommands
   start using stack sIndicatorCommands
   set the visible of stack sIndicatorCommands to false

Although you already solved your problem!

It occurs to me that it may be a problem to build the path to the stack. Sometimes that has happened to me. Try to print the value of the tASSPath variable. If it doesn't end with /, that's the problem with your original code. If this is the case, then your code would look like this.

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put tASSPath & "/IndicatorCommands_V001.livecode" into sIndicatorCommands

if there is a stack sIndicatorCommands  then
  start using stack sIndicatorCommands
else
  answer error "Could not load library"
end if

It would be nice if you could tell me if that works for you too