Thanks Scott! So, even though I'm enclosing it in quotes, LC still thinks that?
Strange behavior, since it's a string and not a number, but I can deal with it. Change already made:) Best, Steve On Apr 19, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
