David Bovill
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 04:12:23 -0700
Yes. > From: Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:00:35 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Feature request 14312: groupReferences property > > > > David Bovill wrote: >> >> As part of my campaign to make distributable components out of Metacard >> groups... I find myself dissatisfied with the way that Metacard looks for an >> object by name. >> >> I am at the moment writing for every single object reference that I script >> something like: >> >> put "hello" into fld "Text" of the owner of me >> >> The reason for this is just in case there is another field named text in the >> environment. Now this is beginning to annoy me as it is long winded. I would >> prefer "fld Text" to refer first to a field named text within the current >> group, and then anything in groups within any groups in that group, and not >> to something outside of the current group unless I explicitly say so. > > So this new thing would allow shorter references to objects within > a group when more than one group exists, similar to the way "the > defaultStack" allows shorter references to objects within a stack > when you have multiple stacks open. So it kind of sharpens the > focus of the reference, or more specifically defines their > context. Correct? > > >> >> Now as this would clearly cause too many compatibility problems, how about a >> little change so that I can set an object property (stack or group), so that >> when "groupReferences is true" all references to controls are within the >> current group (ie the owner)? This should apply to numbers as well as names. >> >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ >> Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm >> Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. > > -- > Phil Davis > ----------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > days: (503) 417-7930 > eves: (503) 557-5656 > ----------------------------------- > Facilitator > Essentials of eBusiness Computing > Information Technology Institute > http://www.iti.com > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ > Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm > Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.