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<DIV>Thanks Chipp and Brian... I think I didn't clarify very well.</DIV>
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<DIV>'the externals' can easily be set, using relative or calculated paths. This
is not a problem. What I find strange is that the stack has to be closed and
re-opened for the externals to 'fix' and so make the externals available for
use.</DIV>
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<DIV>I discovered that we can "set the externals of stack tStackFilePath to
tExternalFilePath" from another stackFile. When opened, tStackFilePath works on
first time launch.</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps a sub-stack can have its externals set when the mainStack launches,
and when the subStack opens it is ready to go. Dunno. I'll try this
approach also.</DIV>
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<DIV>/H</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 24/09/2004 17:04:04 GMT Daylight Time,
metacard-request@lists.runrev.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>From:
Brian Yennie <briany@qldlearning.com><BR>Subject: Re: easy externals
question<BR>To: Discussions on Metacard
<metacard@lists.runrev.com><BR>Message-ID:
<FC40F2B7-0D96-11D9-8970-000393AA08D2@qldlearning.com><BR>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed<BR><BR>I would try setting a
relative path to your externals- then there <BR>should be no need to reset the
paths. Or is there a reason that you <BR>would need to change even the
relative path?<BR><BR>> That's silly. How does RunRev get around it?
Or do they just assume <BR>> we don't<BR>> use an external until
the next session?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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