frontScripts

Type

function

Summary

Returns a list of objects that have been inserted into the message path before the target object.

Syntax

the frontScripts

frontScripts()

Description

Use the frontScripts function to find out which scripts receive messages and function calls before the target object.

A script inserted into the front with the insert script command receives messages before all objects in the message path.

This includes messages sent with the send command, so if you send a message to an object, the objects in the frontScripts receive that message before the target object does. If the scripts in the frontScripts do not use the pass control structure to pass on the message to the next object, the target object never receives the message.

If more than one object is in the frontScripts, their order in the message path is the same as their order in the list. For example, the first object in the frontScripts receives messages before the second object. This order is the reverse of the order in which the objects were added with the insert script command.

Examples

put the frontScripts

if myID is not among the lines of the frontScripts then insertMe

Related

function: backScripts

glossary: frontScript, message, message path, object, return, script

property: behavior, stacksInUse

command: call, dispatch, insert script, remove script, send, start using

control structure: pass

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile