Save stack as...

[Phil Davis]

What happens if you:
  set the destroyStack of stack origStack to true
  close stack origStack
  wait for messages -- to assure that the mem-resident copy was destroyed
  delete file origStack
  save stack newerStack as origStack
  delete file newerStack

??

Phil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 4:57 PM
Subject: Save stack as...


> 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 To replace a stack that exists, with a newer version of the same stack.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?   I don't want to open the stacks.  I simply want 
> to replace file origStack with file newerStack, deleting the unneeded 
> copies.  And do this behind the scenes.
> 
> Anybody?
> 
> 
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