Stack with the same name loop

[J. Landman Gay]

I do something similar but it's a lot less trouble.

  Save the stack.
  Go to Finder /Explorer and duplicate it. Rename the copy.
  Go back to LC and carry on with the original. You can update the name or 
any properties there.

Occasionally as I work I realize that I've implemented a lot of changes 
that I may not want to keep. So before I save the stack, I duplicate it in 
Finder so I have a copy of the one I'm working on as it was before I wrote 
myself into a corner. That's come in handy.

I don't have much trouble with the duplicate stack dialog because I always 
hit the Purge button which removes the first one from memory and opens the 
second one. I don't remember ever actually seeing a loop. If I want to work 
with two same-named stacks together I have two methods.

1. Open one of them in another copy of LC. I always have at least 3 
different versions running at the same time, and yes, you have to be 
careful when you do that. I usually choose this method because most often I 
just want to copy a handler or a control.

2. Temporarily rename the first one slightly, open the second, do what you 
want, then close and remove the second one from memory and set the name of 
the first one back to normal.

None of this has ever required me to quit LC. I suppose now that I've 
mentioned it, something will happen...

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On October 6, 2021 7:04:07 PM "Brian K. Duck via use-livecode" 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> My process has become:
> Save the file in LiveCode.
> Close the file from LiveCode, purge from memory.
> Switch to Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer, or QUIT LiveCode,
> Duplicate and rename the file,
> Open the new file,
> Return to LiveCode,
> Rename the file in stack properties, if there isa version number in the 
> stack name.
>
> It may be needless to say, this is usually a 1x or 2x a day process.
>
> TL;DR: don’t ’save as,’ save, close, quit LC, duplicate in finder / windows 
> explorer, open new file, rename stack in stack properties - if there is a 
> version no in the stack name.
>
> Even then, I occasionally see the message. Then i repeat and QUIT LiveCode.
>
> Sent from my iPad,
> Brian Duck
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>> On Oct 6, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Can someone give the definitive answer as to what to choose when I save my
>> stack with a save as to create a new iterative version and it comes up with
>> the prompt :
>>      A stack with the same name as the one you are trying to load is
>> already open.
>>            Save    Purge    Cancel
>
> Option 4: avoid the hassle.
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