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From: jdineen@bbn.com (Jane Dineen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: stack overflow
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Date: 8 Feb 90 21:36:51 GMT
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Hi,

I've been getting "stack overflow" messages occasionally.  Can anyone tell me
what that means?  It always occurs on the same card, but not every time.  It
always happens on that card when the userlevel is 1, but only sometimes when
the userlevel is 5.

This is occuring in Plus.  The Plus documentation doesn't mention stack
overflow and a person from Product support at Spinnaker will call me back --
he's never seen a stack overflow message. (Spinnaker now does Plus, not Olduvai
anymore.)

The system is a Mac II. The card is 950x650, 256 colors.  The card has 18 color
paintobjects, one of which shows at a time.  Reducing the number of
paintobjects does not make the problem go away.  There is a scrolling field
where you click on a line of text, and the field shows the appropriate
paintobject (and hides the previous one).

Have any of you encountered stack overflows that are dependent on the
userlevel, or can anyone explain to me what a stack overflow is anyway? I'd
appreciate it a lot!  Thanks.

Jane