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Try as I may to find what appears to be a simple task, I'm just not finding the answer on my search on Google and here.
I now realise I probably should have created two stacks in one file for testing two related projects and not one stack in two files.
Dave

Hi David,

sorry, not the slightest idea what you are after!?


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Klaus

Wow Klaus. There was me thinking it should be easy to do a card copy and I'm incapable of explaining my requirement to the members here and so guess I'm doomed with LC.
I have two LC Applications (should not have called them files) for use on an Android and I'm using a Windows 7 PC running LC Community 7.0.1.
one LC Application is named File1.livecode
the other LC Application is named file2.livecode
I want to copy a card and all it's contents from File2.livecode to File1.livecode which I thought would be a copy and paste.
If I was doing this card copy in a single application I would use the Message Box with 'clone this card'.
I think I have now explained my requirement.
Dave

Hi Dave,

you are not doomed, promised
OK, open both stacks and then you can do this in the message box or with a button:
...
copy cd "name of cd 2 copy" of stack "file2" to stack "file1"
...

"CLONE" will create copy of a card, but in the SAME stack!


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Klaus

Thanks Klaus and also for the clone tip.
Why is it - copy cd "name of cd 2 copy" of stack "file2" to stack "file1" and to use 'cd' and not use 'card''?
Dave

"Lazy moi" is using abbreviations whenever possible!

cd = card
btn = button
fld = field
grc = graphic
sb = scrollbar
etc...

Thanks again.
Dave