Yep, I feel you on the groups vs. cards aspect -- there are numerous functions in Navigator that deal with "all objects in a stack" and I think my code for de-duping (or avoiding duping, more accurately) is about to get simpler...
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:03 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > That works to touch the object, but I am recording a long ID and long name > in the exported script comment header. For background groups I didn’t want > the card in there since the group could be on multiple. If I left it in, > then the reported long ID would change depending on the last card > containing the group that was visited. So I adjust the value to be > consistent. I also swap out the stack path and use the name. > > Thanks, > Brian > On Oct 11, 2018, 4:49 PM -0500, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > > Ah, okay -- I have somewhat the same issue in Navigator. Wouldn't > > > > group id <id> of stack "<stack name>" > > > > always work? > > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 2:40 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > If a card containing a certain shared group has not been visited, > then > > > > the > > > > > group must be referenced using background instead of group. For > this > > > > > reason, I use “bkgnd” to identify any shared group. > > > > > > > > Not sure what you mean by this? I created a stack with a > background/group > > > > id 1011. The group is placed on card 4 of the stack. Restart LC and > > > re-open > > > > the stack, and this puts true: > > > > > > > > put there is a group id 1011 of stack "untitled 1" > > > > > > > > No card containing the group had been visited. This is on a Mac, LC > 8.x > > > > > > > > gc > > > > > > > > > > > I did not phrase that well (and had the details wrong). What actually > > > happens is that the returned long ID of objects in shared groups > changes > > > depending on whether a card containing that group has been visited. If > a > > > card has been visited, then "group id x of card id y" is returned. If > not, > > > then "bkgnd id x" is returned. Probably not an issue for most, but if > > > looking to generate long IDs that are always the same for a given > object > > > then it is. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
