OnStartUp actions

Andreas Kraft (kraft@fokus.gmd.de)
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 17:01:03 +0200 (MET DST)

Dear members,

and again a question about a confusing specification in the standard document:

In the Activation behaviour of the Group Class (9.3) it is stated:

"2. Run the action contained in the OnStartUp attribute."

In the description of the "OnStartUp" attribute (9.1.2) it is written:

"Set of elementary actions to run at the end of the Activation behaviour
for the Group."

I find this quite confusing because the execution of the elementary actions
of the "OnStartUp" attribute are _not_ the last item in Activation behaviour.
For example, the activation of all the InitiallyActive objects of a group
comes later. So, if you want to apply actions to active objects in the group
you can not use the "OnStartUp" action. To do this someone can use a Link
object which fires on the "IsRunning" event of the scene.

Therefore, I suggest to change the describtion of the "OnStartUp" attribute
to:

"Set of elementary actions to run during the Activation behaviour
for the Group."

What do you think?

Very best regards,

Andreas

P.S. As written before I will attend the WG12 Sydney meeting. Is there
something you wish me to bring to the attention to the WG?

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