Protected stacks in 2.61 (was For goodness sake!)

[Ken Ray]

On 9/19/04 12:40 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:

>> On 9/17/04 9:54 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote:
>> 
>>> Not instating password protection upon close is yet another issue
>>> and I will Bugzilla it as well. It is not new to 2.6.1 but it did
>>> not check how far back it goes.
>> 
>> Not a bug, and it goes back to the beginning of time. Password
>> protection takes place when the stack loads. If you have the
>> destroystack set to true, closing and reopening will set password
>> protection. If you have destroystack set to false (which is the
>> IDE's default setting for new stacks) then reopening the stack
>> simply displays the copy already in memory and does not reload it.
>> 
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> 
> 
> Ah, yes, gotcha.
> 
> It may be appropriate to bring up again the default setting of the
> destroy property for new stacks. Should it be made on or remain off?

Made on by default - more often than not, you want it set to true, IMHO.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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