I had that same experience. The Inspector no longer allows you to change a stack from being a substack.
Peter On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can also do it from the message box.-- set the mainstack of stack > "mystack" to "mystack" > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > >> Alan wrote: >> >>> Using LC 8.1, if I get the stack properties for a sub-stack, I can no >>> longer set the substacks mainStack property to be itself - i.e. >>> making it an independent stack. This used to be possible in previous >>> versions. >>> >>> Is this a bug or is there another method of doing it these days? >> >> Everything in the IDE is scripted, so anything you've seen the IDE do is >> something you can also do. >> >> If you clone a substack it'll create a new copy with no filename attached >> to it. You can then delete the original, rename the clone, and use >> File->Save, which will prompt you to set a file name for it. >> >> You may also be able to use the mainstack stack property for that. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
