>> In Revolution, if I want to have in ONE application some different windows >> (palette, modal window for dialogs b.e.) is it possble to have some >> MainStack or is it better to work with substack? > > Salut, François. > > Two important points: > > 1. On Windows (& 'nixes, I believe), an application cannot modify > itself. So unless your application is static (ie: a presentation > stack that does not change as a result of user interaction), any > changeable information must be stored outside of the application > itself or the app can only run on Mac OS. > > So if data is stored in a stack, it must NOT be the main application > stack NOR a substack thereof. (Data can also be filed in an external > file or database.) > > 2. Stack/substack nomenclature essentially just describes whether a > stack is physically stored within another stack file or can have > other stacks stored within it. Set the mainstack property of any > stack to itself and it is a mainstack; Set the mainstack property of > any stack to another stack and it is now a substack of that stack. > > A substack cannot itself contain substacks. > > Hope this helps. Rob, thank you for your answer but in fact, I don't understand one thing: What is the equivalent of a Supercard project in Revolution? A mainstack with substacks or some main stacks in an application? Thank you- François
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