[NTLK] NewtonScript question: How to restart the Application from within the application

[DXH]

Hi Frank,

I would try:

getRoot().(kAppSymbol):closethenopenagainbecauseiwantochangethelanguage();

…but then I don’t know anything about programming…

PCBman

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> On Mar 12, 2022, at 7:19 PM, NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi gang,
> 
> in order for a language change to take effect, NewtTest needs to be closed
> and reopened. It's pretty easy to close it programmatically as follows:
> 
>     getRoot().(kAppSymbol):close();
> 
> But it would be cool if there was a way to reopen it automatically once it
> has been closed. Of course this could be done via
> 
>     getRoot().(kAppSymbol):open();
> 
> but NewtTest can't do this because it is currently closed. So I'd need a way
> for NewtTest to tell getRoot() to not only close it, but to reopen it
> afterwards. 
> 
> I've been perusing the usual Newton programming documentation, but didn't
> find anything. Which isn't overly surprising, since I'm an expert in not
> finding NewtonScript-related information...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Frank
> 
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