Re: Old stack will not save or save as...

2020-08-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Ahah! I will safely tuck that away in my storehouse of knowledge, then completely forget I know it when I run into the same problem myself! Bob S > On Aug 19, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 8/19/20 9:41 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: > >> Why I can

Re: Old stack will not save or save as...

2020-08-19 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 8/19/20 9:41 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Why I can't save or save as a modeless stack in IDE is a mystery to me. The save command saves (or attempts to save) the topstack. Only stacks whose style is "toplevel" can be the topstack. This prevents accidentally saving e.g. a modeles

Re: Old stack will not save or save as...

2020-08-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 8/19/2020 12:02 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Just a shot in the dark, suppress messages before opening? Good guess, but no winner. However, your suggestion did put me on to the answer. The stack was set to "modeless". If I execute in the message box save stack "XYZ" as "C:/U

Re: Old stack will not save or save as...

2020-08-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Just a shot in the dark, suppress messages before opening? Bob S On Aug 19, 2020, at 8:34 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: I have a really old stack (the file ends in .mc for Metacard) When I open it in LiveCode, the save and save as are disabled

Old stack will not save or save as...

2020-08-19 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I have a really old stack (the file ends in .mc for Metacard) When I open it in LiveCode, the save and save as are disabled in the File menu. This us under Windows and the same in LC 4.6.4, LC 6.7.11 and in LC 9.6.0, the Save and Save As are enabled, but when I select the stack and try to Save