Save stack as...

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/11/02 6:57 PM, Shari wrote:
> The goal:
> 
> To replace a stack that exists, with a newer version of the same stack.
> 
> The full filepaths to the stacks are in the variables, and the stacks 
> are in different directories.
> 
> delete file origStack
> save stack newerStack as origStack
> delete file newerStack
> 
> This prompts the "a stack exists, do you want to purge or save" dialog.  
> Even though the stacks were all originally closed.  How do I bypass the 
> dialog? 

Set the destroystack property of the stacks to true before closing them. 
This purges them from memory when they close. If you never need to have 
them in RAM after they close, then save the stacks beforehand with the 
property set to true and it will be permanent.


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