Enter a project and *then* ...

> I have some projects where I need to navigate among them via buttons.
> When I apply the enter method to a project from a mouseUp: method from
> an object in a different project, it works. But code in that method
> following
>
> targetProject enter
>
> is just not executed. It's as though entering a project completely
> "reboots" code execution from inside that project.
>
> How can I enter a project and then execute code from inside that
> project, where the code is invoked from the "source" project?
>
> This is all very puzzling, and seems like magic.
>
> Here's an example of something that doesn't work. Bring up an explorer
> on an object with an instance variable containing a project. Highlight
> the project, and then doIt the following code:
>
> self enter. PopUpMenu inform: 'Hoot'
>
> If "self" refers to the same project, the Hoot message appears. But if
> "self" refers to a different project, the project is entered but the
> 'Hoot' doesn't happen. How do I do "project-spanning" code?
>
> -Thanks, Jim
>
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