Its possible to cause this issue with other objects by accident. Happens to me once in a while when typing on a laptop with a trackpad. Accidental selections wiping out the objects name in the inspector. When you come back to it later it shows the id like cards do. Of course then if you click in the box and make any change (as bob mentioned) space at the end, whatever, then the name "sticks."
This also explains why I turn my trackpad off and use a mouse so that my fumble fingers don't get me in trouble. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Yup. Cards with no name... well... have no name. LC is faking it. I'm > trying to think how this would be useful, but I cannot. I think cards are > the only thing this happens with. Odd huh? Wanna know what is even odder? > If you delete the 2 in the name, then type it back in again, it now has a > name. > > Bob > > > On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > It would appear that a card shown in the App Browser with a name like > "card > > id 1002" (in other words, the default name when the card was created) > > doesn't really have that name, or maybe any name at all. > > > > I get a runtime error when I try to refer to a card like that by name, > e.g. > > card "card id 1002" of stack "xyz" and in the message box: > > > > put the ID of card "card ID 1002" of stack "xyz" > > > > ... returns an error "can't find card", even though I can see it in the > App > > Browser > > > > If I rename the card, everything works OK. > > > > This seems like pretty strange behavior so wondering if anyone else sees > it. > > > > LC 5.5.0, OSX 10.7.4 > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
