You shouldn't use integers as names because LC thinks you're referring the number of the group. Use a letter prefix or similar, but don't start the name with a number.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design > On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Stephen MacLean <smacl...@madmansoft.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a list where I name the groups shown with integers (i.e. the id of the > record in the db). > > When I inspect the group, it shows as: group "11957", id 459899 > > It seems that LC has a problem with finding those groups. When I try to set a > property or object contained in the group, I get "Error description: Chunk: > can't find background" > > When I put: answer there is a group "11957" into the message box, with the > integer in quotes, it return false > > It doesn't matter if I put answer there is a group "11957" of cd "messages" > of this stack, it still returns false. > > Changing the name of the group to something like "11957A" and the above will > answer true. > > Is this a bug or to prevent names from interfering with LC being able to > recognize id's? It seems weird if that is the case, because if you reference > by id, you need to use id to preface the integer: > answer there is a group id 459899 > > Anyone have a favorite way of dealing with this? > > Thanks, > > Steve MacLean > > _______________________________________________ > 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
