substacks

Type

property

Summary

Specifies which stacks are associated with a main stack, and saved in the same file.

Syntax

set the substacks of <stack> to <substacksList>

Description

Use the substacks property to organize stacks in files.

Each LiveCode file contains either a single main stack, or a main stack and one or more substacks. The substacks property reports on the substacks of a main stack.

The substacks of a substack is empty. Attempting to set the substacks property of a substack causes an execution error.

Setting the substacks of a main stack to empty removes all the substacks from memory. The next time the main stack is saved, the substacks are removed permanently.

warning

You can move a substack from one main stack to another by setting the substacks property of the destination stack. However, since this may cause a conflict if more than one substack with the same name is open or in memory, it is safer to move a substack by setting the substack's mainStack property.

Examples

put the substacks of this stack after loadedStacks

if the substacks of stack "Hello" contains "Goodbye" then exit mouseUp

get the substacks of stack "/Disk/Folder/stackfile.rev"

Related

function: files, stacks, mainStacks

glossary: property, substack, main stack, execution error

keyword: file, line

object: stack

property: substacks, mainStack

command: revert

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile