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From: mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Creating new stacks using old backgrounds
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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:41:20 GMT
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In article <735@borg.cs.unc.edu> paydarfa@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Joe Paydarfar)
writes:
>
>        I have a problem trying to create a stack that makes use of 
>backgrounds that I have already created in a previous stack.  From
>what I understand, HyperCard has a command called 'create stack' in which
>you can specify one background from another stack
>but what should you do if there is more than one background that
>you want to use from the other stack?  Any info on this would be greatly 
>appreciated!!
>  
>
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. I will eventually post it, but anyone who needs it desperately, mail
me for a beta copy. Of note to the busy HyperCard team, I would much prefer
that the command doMenu "Save a copy..." without dialog did just that.

Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA