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From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Creating new stacks using old backgrounds
Message-ID: <48437@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 91 20:31:56 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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>I have this problem in a project of mine, in which I need to clone an empty
>stack which is then populated (by CL/1). My solution is an XCMD which copies
>the entire stack using the file manager. It is reasonably fast, opens the
>source file readOnly, so it can work with an open stack or one on a
>write-locked volume, and I have not encountered any bugs in the last 2 weeks
>of using it. [...] Of note to the busy HyperCard team, I would much prefer
>that the command doMenu "Save a copy..." without dialog did just that.

The "save" command in HyperCard 2.0 does what you want.  Examples:

  save this stack as "Fred"
  save stack "Template" as "The stack I'm going to work with"

Kevin Calhoun
HyperCard Team
Apple Computer, Inc.