Copy and paste objects to another stack

[erikhans08]

I tried saving my old .rev stack (choreographer.rev) and its substacks from RunRev 3.5 as a .livecode file but it had all kinds of problems on reopening so I have been saving choreographer as a .rev stack from 7.0.4. It is still too squirrelly so I created a new mainstack (koreo) which will be saved as a .livecode stack after deleting the original .rev mainstack and its substacks. First I copied all stack and object scripts to text files just in case.

Hilarity ensues when I copy and paste objects from the original substacks to the new substacks. After copying all objects from the previous substack (choreographer's "enter") then pasting to the new substack(koreo's "koreo enter") the objects copy to stack revvariablewatcher!

I can easily cut the objects from revvariablewatcher and paste to substack "koreo enter" but still wonder what is going on. Anything unique and unusual causes concern. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Erik Hansen

[erikhans08]

Update: Now the selected and copied controls are not copying to revvariablewatcher or anywhere else obvious. revvariablewatcher pops up but nothing shows on applicationbrowser. Plus all of the stacks are open but not showing.

[jacque]

The original objects are from a very different engine source so there may be problems related to that, but in general I'd think it should work. The problem sounds more related to which stack is the current default stack when you paste. The easiest way is to click on the target stack before pasting. To make sure the right stack is going to receive the objects, look at the label in the message box. That tells you which stack LiveCode thinks is on top.

[erikhans08]

Thanks, That helps!