Stack Switching Question

[simplsol at aol.com]

Richard,
I believe stack "MyData.rev" would have to be open already in order to 
get fld "Whatever".
Paul Looney

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:47:04 -0700
Subject: Re: Stack Switching Question

   AbilityForms at aol.com wrote: 
 > Hi Everyone, 
  > > Often times I have a button switch stacks in order to retrieve 
data that I > need to complete that button's task. In HyperCard I could 
lock the screen, lock > the messages, push the card, go to the data 
stack, retrieve the data, pop the > card and insert the found data. All 
without displaying the data stack. When I > do the same thing in 
Revolution it displays the data stack for a flash. Why > does that 
happen, and how do I stop that data stack from showing? 
 
  Better still, you don't need to "go" to a stack to retrieve data from 
it. You can just get it: 
 
   get fld "Whatever" of cd 200 of stack "MyData.rev" 
 
 --  Richard Gaskin 
  Fourth World Media Corporation 
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