Thanks Devin I think I understand now. I am going to avoid the whole problem and go card in new window.
Bob On Nov 18, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > Hi Bob, > > When you turn a mainstack into a substack of another mainstack, that substack > becomes part of the stackfile containing the mainstack. In effect the > stackfile containing the former mainstack is "orphaned". Usually I just get > rid of these orphaned stackfiles to avoid confusion. > > Bottom line: substacks are part of the same stack file of the mainstack. > > Hope this it what you were asking. > > Devin > > > On Nov 18, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I am a bit confused now. I created a new stack, saved it, made it a substack >> of my splash stack. No problemo. I can see the substack on the hard drive, I >> can see the substack in the application browser as a substack of my splash >> stack. >> >> BUT THEN... >> >> I right clicked my splash stack in the application browser, and created a >> new substack, named it, saved it, application browser looks peachy, but the >> stack file is not visible on the hard drive! Does making a stack a substack >> create a COPY of the original stack and imbed it in the main stack, or is >> the file hiding somewhere else on my hard drive? If the former, then am I >> correct in thinking I do not need the other stack files I CAN see on my hard >> drive, because there are now copies of them in the main stack? >> >> I am soooo confused... >> >> Bob >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > Devin Asay > Humanities Technology and Research Support Center > Brigham Young University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
