the iconic of a stack - also import snapshot

[Roger Eller]

import snapshot from card 1 of stack "stack name"

~Roger
 On Feb 19, 2013 4:48 PM, "Lars Brehmer" <larsbrehmer at mac.com> wrote:

> I solved my self-induced problem, and it was indeed rather idiotic of me,
> as I suspected.
>
> The iconic didn't work because in the stack inspector the decorations were
> set to empty. I use a custom stack shape without the Mac or Windows
> decorations, and I didn't realize that even when you don't use them. the
> decorations can't be empty. I can't remember exactly, but I think that this
> was different in Rev 2.8, which is why I was confused.
>
> One last thing that is driving me crazy is that "import snapshot" never
> works for me in Windows. It works in the livecode IDE, but in standalones,
> the snapshot is always of the desktop/wallpaper, not of the stack.
>
>
>       put 234,83,500,166 into zRect
>       put the windowId of stack "mainStack" into tWindow
>       import snapshot from rect zRect of window tWindow
>
> In the IDE this works fine. In a standalone the image is always of the
> wallpaper behind the stack. I have found this problem in the forums, read
> how people say it works just fine in Windows and followed every tip and
> still it never has worked for me. Always the wallpaper. Please tell me this
> isn't because of the decorations?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lars
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