IMO, using numbers as names is just something to avoid in LC. As you've found, names that are only numbers will cause problems. Better/safer to adopt a different naming convention.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design > On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Stephen MacLean <smacl...@madmansoft.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
