Thanks, Richard. So if I have a stack that's 50 MB containing binary data in custom properties, will the whole stack get loaded into memory if I want read the data from just one of those properties? If that's the case, how do I close the stack to release that memory if it's not really "open"? Would I just issue a normal close stack command?
Chris Sheffield Software Developer Read Naturally -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Gaskin Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:57 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: custom properties in stacks that aren't open Chris Sheffield wrote: > What happens if I refer to a custom property that is in a stack that is not > open? Does the stack open invisible and load into memory, or can you > actually read a custom property from a stack without opening it? > > I've been playing with this a little, but I can't really tell what's > happening. I tried getting data from a custom property in a stack file, > which worked just fine. But then when I tried to open that stack file in > the Rev IDE, I got the message saying a stack with the same name was already > open and did I want to Save, Purge, or Cancel. But the stack did not appear > in the openStacks. > > Can someone help? You can read any property of any object in any stack file at any time. If the stack is not open, it will be loaded into memory in order to access the property, but will not be "opened" per se (will not receive "openstack", opencard", etc.) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___________________________________________________ Rev tools and more: http://www.fourthworld.com/rev _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.703 / Virus Database: 459 - Release Date: 6/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.703 / Virus Database: 459 - Release Date: 6/10/2004 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
