I take the last code chunk back. This does not work. :(
customKeys[ myPropName ]
...Does not make a new property in the default customKeys set. I can't seem
to make any new properties in the default set without setting it directly by
name - which won't work if you want the name of the property to come from a
variable.
I even tried:
set the customProperties[ "customKeys" ] of this stack to
myCustomPropValueList
WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT DO! This seems to totally screw up the property sets
list.
It seems you can only create variable-driven property names in sets other
than the default...
put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar
put "123" into myCustomPropValue[ "x1" ]
put "456" into myCustomPropValue[ "x2" ]
set the mySet[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to myCustomPropValueList
And then to get at your ABC property's array value:
put the mySet[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack into myCustomProp
put myCustomProp[ "x1" ] into msg -- "123"
So there may be something to post as a bug here...
~ Chris Innanen
~ Nonsanity
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Nonsanity <f...@nonsanity.com> wrote:
> Remember that there is the customKeys set and if you do this:
>
> put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar
> put "123" into myCustomPropValue
> set the myNewPropSet[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to
> myCustomPropValue
>
> You are creating a new key set. If you look at the Custom Properties page
> of the inspector window, you won't see your "ABC" property in the list.
> Under the list of properties is a pop-up menu called Set. If you look in
> there you'll see "myNewPropSet" and if you select that, you'll see the ABC
> custom property with the 123 value in it.
>
> If you want a property to be in the main set ("customKeys") AND you want
> that property to be an array, you can't set the individual elements of the
> area IN the set command. You have to modify a local array variable and then
> set the property to that.
>
> In my example above, the value is just "123", but if you want that to be an
> array, it would go like this:
>
> put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar
> put "123" into myCustomPropValue[ "x1" ]
> put "456" into myCustomPropValue[ "x2" ]
> set the customKeys[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to
> myCustomPropValue
>
> Not the use of the "customKeys" name. If you use array notation in the set
> command for properties, you are messing with sets, not the contents of the
> properties.
>
> ~ Chris Innanen
> ~ Nonsanity
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> The do script produces what I want (myscore should be score in the
>> example)
>> though I am still working through your array structure to see if I can get
>> the same results... so far no luck.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Mark Schonewille <
>> m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Glen,
>> >
>> > One of the problems is that testname and testname[student] are different
>> > variables. First it is a simple variable, but next it is an array. When
>> you
>> > turn testname into an array, the variable is cleared and as soon as it
>> is
>> > cleared testname is parsed as plane text and hence as a property name.
>> >
>> > You might use the "do" variable:
>> >
>> > put 10 into score
>> > put "math" into myVarName
>> > put "set the" && myVarName & "[" & quote & myStudent & quote & "] of
>> this
>> > stack to myScore" into myScript
>> > do myScript
>> >
>> > But why would you do this? It is much easier to use a straightforward
>> array
>> > structure by writing the following...
>> >
>> > put the cStudentScores of me into myStudentScoresArray
>> > put "math" into mySubject
>> > put "John" into myStudent
>> > put 10 into myScore
>> > put myScore into myStudentScoresArray[mySubject][myStudent]
>> > set the cStudentScores of me to myStudentScoresArray
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Mark Schonewille
>> >
>> > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
>> > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com
>> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer
>> > KvK: 50277553
>> >
>> > New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here
>> > http://qery.us/ce
>> >
>> > On 27 apr 2011, at 18:27, Glen Bojsza wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > Hopefully someone is still looking at the list while the conference is
>> > going
>> > > on...
>> > >
>> > > I want to create a customkey from a variable.
>> > >
>> > > on mouseup
>> > > put "Math" into testname
>> > > set the testname[student] of this stack to score
>> > > end mouseup
>> > >
>> > > this doesn't create the customkey or properties for me but if I don't
>> use
>> > a
>> > > variable it will work?
>> > >
>> > > on mouseup
>> > > set the Math[student] of this stack to score
>> > > end mouseup
>> > >
>> > > I really would like to use a variable so I can automatically create
>> the
>> > > customkeys on the fly.
>> > >
>> > > Any suggestions?
>> > >
>> > > regards,
>> > >
>> > > Glen
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > 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
>>
>
>
_______________________________________________
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
