Correct. It seems there are plenty of fine ways to do this, I just had always managed to not have to do it. These techniques will help me a great deal. Thank you.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Andrew Kluthe wrote: >> I have come across a scenario when I need to be able to have multiple >> copies of the same stack with different form data in the field. So >> that the user can have multiple instances of this form available to >> switch between. Typically, I just allow them to edit 1 record at a >> time and launch that form as a modal or a single palette that fills >> and saves the form as it is edited or another one is selected, but >> that isn't going to work here. >> >> This seems like rookie stuff, but I am not sure how to go about it. >> >> What kind of process do some of you use to handle this? > > If I understand this correctly, this is similar to document-centric apps, in > which we'll want any number of documents windows to be open, each having the > same layout as the others. > > For that sort of thing I use the clone command on a substack of my app that > I use as a sort of template: > > clone stack "MyDocumentTMPL" > > This will give me a stack named "Copy of MyDocumentTMPL", which I can then > rename to anything else, and even set its filename property if I need to > save it to disk. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
