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How to place a stack programmatically in an area on a page?

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Creating a stack with blocks inside follows this pattern:
$stack = Stack::getByName('Your Stack Name');
if (is_null($stack)) {
   $stack = Stack::addStack('Your Stack Name');
   $block_type = BlockType::getByHandle('your_blocktype_handle');
   $block_data = array(
      'some_field_in_the_block' => 'Data you want to set for this field',
      'some_other_field_in_the_block' => 'Other data for the other field',
   );
   $stack->addBlock($block_type, STACKS_AREA_NAME, $block_data);
}


But how do I place this new stack on a new page in an area f.e called 'MyArea'?
For a block, it would look like this:
$page_block  = BlockType::getByHandle('MyHandle');
$block_data = array(
            'data1' => $data1,
            'data2' => $ptID,
        );
$NewBlock = $newPage->addBlock($page_block, 'MyArea', $block_data');


How can I do the same with an already existing stack, that of course doesn't need any data to be passed, but simply needs to be copied into this example area called 'MyArea'?
 
skote replied on at Permalink Reply
Had the same problem today—wanted to hard-code an existing stack directly into the page theme.
The following worked for me:
<?php
$stack = Stack::getByName('My Stack Name');
$stack->display($c);
?>