Sometime just after XMas Rob Pitt wrote:
>>Can you try the following in 2.3
>>a) create a *new* stack "aa" with one cd fld "A"
>>b) use the message box to send the following message:
>>set the myindex ["Pitt"] of card fld "A" of cd 1 of stack "aa" to "Rob"
>>I have now done this several times over several days in 2.2 and 2.3. In 2.2
>>, doing (b) above and clicking the custom properties button under "Extras"
>>of the cd fld "A" pop up displays the custom property myindex[Pitt] on the
>>left and "Rob" on the right just like it should and always has. Under 2.3,
>>there is nothing in either window and "get the customKeys["myIndex"] of
>>card "A"" returns a no object execution error. There is no question of an
>>existing variable because these are new stacks.
>>What am I doing wrong??
With remarkable clarity of thought given the season Tuviah replied:
>You stated that the custom property of cd field "a" is set. However your
>above example shows that your calling
>get the customKeys["myIndex"] of card "A"
>instead of
>get the customKeys["myIndex"] of card field "A"
Almost recovered from NY celebrations Rob responds:
Thanks Tuviah - no wonder they call it the 'silly season'. I can now see
that custom properties are working in 2.3. However, without trying to
justify my coding error above, my original problem remains. In 2.3, when I
click the custom property button under "Extras" of the cd fld "A" pop up,
there is nothing in either window. Because I am indexing hundreds of cards
with a rather complicated routine that rejects duplicate words on the same
card etc etc it is usefull to to be able to check what's ging on.
Any idea how to get the custom property elements to display like they did
in 2.2?
Rob Pitt
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