I have a script calling up a dialogue with several choices. When one of those choices is selected I want the script to end and another file to open. I have that step as the last step in the script ie the last lines of the script are:

If status(currentmessagechoice)=2

open(filename)

endif.

But the script finishes itself in the original file, no matter what I do or try.

Can someone help me with this?

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Soren, thanks for your reply. The complication is that one of the other choices is to exit the script without opening the new file (I obviously should have mentioned this). If I have interpreted it correctly, your suggestion would open the new file regardless.

In any case, I always thought that if you exited a script the script ends at that point without doing any more of the script.

Right you interpreted, but didn't make a tryout apparently ...it's certainly not opening the second file regardless!

You can change it slightly to ask if Status(CurrentMessageChoice) different from 2 and then repeat the algorithm inside the outer if'ing... Do you follow the reasoning???

--sd

Another way to ensure you end up in the opened file is to run an external script in the other file that has a "Halt script" as the last action.