startup

Type

message

Summary

Sent to the first card opened when the application starts up.

Syntax

startup <pMode>

Description

Handle the startup message if you want to do initialization or other tasks when the application starts up. The target of the startup message is the first card of the application's initial stack.

The startup message is sent only when the application starts up, not when a stack is opened when the application is already running.

If the application is opened with multiple stacks, the startup message is sent to the first card of the first stack opened.

You will only get the U3 actions u3install, u3configure, u3cleanup and u3uninstall if the corresponding tick boxes have been checked in the advanced U3 settings of the Standalone Settings.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pMode	enum	If you are developing your application to work from a U3 compliant drive, you can use pMode to respond to U3 actions.

Examples

on startup pMode
   global gRunningFromU3Drive
   switch pMode
      case "u3launch"
         put true into gRunningFromU3Drive
         break
      case empty
         put false into gRunningFromU3Drive
         break
   end switch
end startup

Related

glossary: application, message

message: resume, openBackground, u3eject, relaunch

object: stack, card

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile