Where to place (sub)stacks?

[Klaus Major]

Hi David,

> On 16 Sep 2009, at 6:00 pm, Klaus wrote:
>> If I would ever need to let the users modify and save STACK files,  
>> I would go this way:
>> ...
>> 5. Pro: If a user deletes one of your stacks (c'mon, we all know  
>> how they are :-D) you can quickly replace it with a fresh copy!
>> ...
>
> Klaus,
>
> This issue has caused me considerable pain in the past, but I have  
> sorted most of it out since Vista flounced onto the OS stage with  
> such ill placed confidence.     I have just had a results stack in  
> the installation folder, and copied it to the users documents folder  
> if it isn't already there.  (This is a little unsatisfactory in that  
> the results file isn't exactly a user's document in the simplest  
> sense, but it does work.)
> However, I have never come across the stack as a custom property in  
> this context. What is the advantage of doing it that way?

The advantage is that you do not have "files" anymore that you need to  
manage somehow.

> Is it that you set the property in the IDE, and so don't actually  
> need the stack to be anywhere else in the installation once you build?

Yes, since you store the "binary" (tha actual "your_stack.rev" file)  
in a custom property!
I also do this insted of cloning a stack if necessary, since you can  
also do:
...
put the cStack01 of this stack into tStack
go stack tStack
...

Kinda "virtual stack" :-)

> Intrigued..
>
> David Glasgow

Best

Klaus

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