You can check the substack names without first loading the stack into memory.
get the substacks of stack "/path/to/stackfile.livecode" On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:37 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 5/14/2015 8:16 PM, David Epstein wrote: > >> With stack A already open, I open stack B and get a alert like this: >> >> "A stack "<substackName>" in file <fileName of stack A> is already in >> memory. The Revolution UI does not distinguish stacks which have >> identical names, so editing these stack files while both are in >> memory could result in data loss.” >> >> Is it possible by script to intercept the message that generates this >> alert, and rename either the substack that is already in memory or >> the substack of the stack I am trying to open, so as to avoid both >> the alert and the risk of data loss? My impression is that if I try >> to learn the substack names of a file I will already be loading that >> file into memory, and it will be too late to head off the alert. >> > > I don't think it's worth it to try and hack the IDE to get around the > warning. You won't lose any data unless you make changes to one of the > duplicate stacks and then try to save it. So what I usually do is note the > name of the problem stack and quit LC. Then I restart, open the stack I > want to change, and temporarily alter its name in the property inspector. I > don't save it. > > Then open the second stack, do whatever work is necessary, and then close > and remove it from memory. After that you can change the name of the > original stack back to what it was again. > > When I know in advance I'm going to open duplicate-named stacks, I just > change the first stack temporarily before opening the second one. It saves > time. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
