HC stack with no resource fork

[Bob Sneidar]

Now THAT is tech support! 

Bob S


> On Sep 24, 2025, at 12:24 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2025-09-24 05:36, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> Actually, maybe the resource fork isn't the problem. What are the usual reasons a stack isn't a stack?
> 
> So I don't think the engine has ever looked at the resource fork of hypercard stacks when it tries to load them...
> 
> The only reason a stack isn't considered a stack is if the engine can't load it - i.e. there's an error while parsing the binary data.
> 
> Its possible the stack has been compressed with Stuff-It or similar (which was quite common as doing so allowed the resource fork to be preserved alongside the data fork, but without the resulting file having a resource fork) - if that is the case here then that would be why the engine doesn't like it.
> 
> If you send the stack to support we can take a quick look :)
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> Mark.
> 
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