Substack from another stacks substack

quailcreek · Post by **quailcreek** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:57 pm

I'm going to feel foolish when I see the answer but I still need to know. How do I add substackZ of stack "A" to be substackZ of stack "B"?

Thanks a lot
Tom

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:35 am

Tom,

If you want to add a copy of a substack to another substack, you need to clone it first and then set the mainstack of the new stack.

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clone stack "Substack Z"
set the name of it to "Substack X"
set the mainstack of stack  "Substack X" to "Mainstack A"

Perhaps we should submit a feature request for a "Duplicate this Stack" menu item.

Mark

quailcreek · Post by **quailcreek** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:24 am

Hi Mark,
I probably should have said why I wanted to do this and you may have responded differently. I want to get the substack calendarWidget100 from the altAnswerDateHarness stack. Maybe there's a better way to accomplish this. Sorry for not being clearer.

Tom

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:48 am

Hi Tom,

The answer stays the same, but now that I understand that you need this only once, I can add the following.

Open the property inspector of stack calendarWidget100. Use the mainstack option menu to change its mainstack to your own stack. Close stack altAnswerDateHarness, make sure not to save it and that it is actually removed from memory. This can easily go wrong, so you might want to make a backup of altAnswerDateHarness. Save your own stack and you're ready.

(I think that cloing the stack by running aforementioned script from the message box is easier and more secure).

Best,

Mark