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Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 6:33 pm Subject: Re: The "last" group Thanks John. That would have worked I think but I went with SCott's suggestion to use the templateGroup Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 1:54 PM, John Craig <j...@splash21.com> wrote: > Worth a try; > > set the name of the owner of the last group to "grpA" > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13 Apr 2013, at 21:15, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I think I ran into this a couple of years back but don't remember what > the > > workaround is. > > > > In some cases,, "the last group" does not return a reference to the last > > group created. I'm not sure of all the circumstances that cause this but > > here's my situation. > > > > My script creates several groups, let's call them grp1, grp2,grp3, and > > after creating them, uses a group command to group all those groups into > > one outer group. After the group command, I "set the name of the last > > group to "grpA". The group that gets renamed is not the outer group but > > grp3. > > > > The group command, unlike just about any other command that creates an > > object does not return an ID in "it" so I have to use "the last group" > > construct, as recommended in the dictionary actually. > > > > I guess I will have to search through the groups and find the one with > the > > highest ID to identify the outer group but before I do that, any ideas > > about how else to do this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
