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Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:01 pm**

Hi all.

Stuck on something that seems simple but I must be missing something!

I need to get the name of the mainstack from a substack. But can not seem to get the grammar correct.

this code is in the substack on preOpenStack

get the name of the mainStack of me

but it fails. Any help appreciated

Got it! was being silly.

But now i can't reference mainstack from substack

get the cVersion of the mainstack of this stack

Definately got coders block!

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:09 pm**

Hi Tribblehunter,

Get puts a value from an expression into the it variable, so you will have to reference this in your script.

Also, the correct syntax that you are looking for should be the following

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on preOpenStack
   get the mainstack of me
   put it
end preOpenStack

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger
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LiveCode Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com
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Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:15 pm**

Thanks. You gave me the solution and also nudged my brain to get the next solution!

Posted: **Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:19 pm**

another useful one to use is "owner"[*]

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put the owner of me into grpName
answer "The group I am in is "&grpName

Posted: **Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:17 pm**

Hi,

Sometimes, it isn't practical to get the mainstack of me. In such cases, you can use the long id.

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put the long id of me into myVar
put "stack" && the last word of myVar into myStack

put the long id of the target into myVar
put "stack" && the last word of myVar into myStack

Kind regards,

Mark

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