Android: custom prop vs. .txt?

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 6/1/12 12:30 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> My tip on the value of using stack files for data storage assumes that
>> the stack file has had its filename property set to an appropriate
>> location for writes.
>
> I just thought of an interesting possibility: if the stack is included
> in the engine folder and a script sets the filename to the documents
> folder, will that copy it there?
>
> If someone gets a chance to try this before I do, I'd like to know. Not
> that it would be any faster than just using the copy or "save stack as"
> command.

I imagine it would.  I often just clone a template stack and set its 
filename to whatever destination I need, then use the save command.

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