custom properties in stacks that aren't open

[Richard Gaskin]

Chris Sheffield wrote:

> What happens if I refer to a custom property that is in a stack that is not
> open?  Does the stack open invisible and load into memory, or can you
> actually read a custom property from a stack without opening it?
> 
> I've been playing with this a little, but I can't really tell what's
> happening.  I tried getting data from a custom property in a stack file,
> which worked just fine.  But then when I tried to open that stack file in
> the Rev IDE, I got the message saying a stack with the same name was already
> open and did I want to Save, Purge, or Cancel.  But the stack did not appear
> in the openStacks.
> 
> Can someone help?

You can read any property of any object in any stack file at any time. 
If the stack is not open, it will be loaded into memory in order to 
access the property, but will not be "opened" per se (will not receive 
"openstack", opencard", etc.)

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  Richard Gaskin
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