Moreover, the "controlNames" (as well as the "controlIDs") have never been documented:
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11901 Best, Panos -- On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:30 PM, panagiotis merakos <merak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jacque, > > Control names within a group can be obtained by: > > "the childControlNames of group myGroup" > > Best, > Panos > -- > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:21 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 7/28/17 12:52 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >> >>> I can get the controlnames of a card, but at first blush the list does >>> not include button names. However it*does* list a great many numbers of 4 >>> digits. So I tried looking up controlNames in the dictionary and there is >>> no entry for it, at least not by using the find function. >>> >> >> >> I just tested this and it looks like the controlNames of a card only >> return the names of controls whose parent is the card. Controls within a >> group are listed by ID. I'm not sure if this is correct or not, I can see >> the logic, but it would seem if the parent has to be the card then controls >> within a group shouldn't be in the list at all. >> >> My test card used a background group; it might be different for a card >> group. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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
