Puzzled about stack size

[Jim Hurley]

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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:44:56 -0800
>From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>Subject: Re: Puzzled about stack size
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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>Jim Hurley wrote:
>
>>  Following your suggestion. I deleted one field, a table field that
>>  showed empty. The file size dropped from 6 megs to 144 K. (By the
>>  way, is there a way to get the file size from within RR?)
>>
>>  I restored the stack to "saved". In the message box I tried:
>>
>>  put the number of lines in field "theField"
>>
>>  The result was zero.
>>
>>  I looked in the property  inspector for the field. The "contents"
>>  showed empty. I then scrolled down to
>>  "table." There was a long pause and eventually all the data
>>  reappeared. In the messages box the number of lines was now 13,234.
>>
>>  I selected the field and press delete. The field showed empty--again.
>>  I scrolled down to "table" in the property inspector again and,
>>  again, after a long pause, the data was resurrected.
>>
>>  Strange things are happening in table fields. This same thing happens
>  > even for small amounts of data.


Richard Gaskin wrote:

>When the visible eludes, check the less visible:  what's in the custom
>property sets for those objects?
>
>--
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
>  ___________________________________________________________

Richard,

A reasonable assumption, but this was a very simple stack.

These table fields are my new Zen Koan. Very ephemeral.

Try this:

1) Create a stack with a single field.
2) Go to its property inspector and under "table" check the "table 
object" and "cell editing" boxes.
3) Put something in cells a1, a2, b1 and b2 (Excel notation.) Maybe 
just four letters, a,b,c,d.
4) In the message box type: put empty into field 1 -- As expected, 
the data disappears
5) Ah, but it's not gone. Go to the property inspector again and 
select "table".
6) Voila, the data returns.

It appears that table fields have a dual personality. (Mac OS 9, RR 2.1.2)

Jim