--- Jan Schenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Nicholas Thieberger wrote: > > It appears that card names cannot be digits > but must > > include an > > alphabetic character, is that right? I have > to name > > cards according > > to external filenames which can be entirely > numeric, > > and when I try > > go cd NAME or go cd "NAME" it doesn't work, > but go cd NAMEa does work > > (if I rename the card).
> The reason why you can't use all digits, is > that when > you refer to card n, where n is a number, it > thinks > you want card _number_ n (ie the n-th card), > not card > _named_ n. > Quoting the number won't do the trick because > the > engine interprets the parameter, sees it's a > number > and tries to be helpful. > So put a "c" in front of the number, and you > won't have a problem. i had this problem in an application where a piano keyboard HAS to show numerals representing ASCII code (middle C = "60"). the keyboard buttons must be referenced when hiliting, changing shape etc. what i did in HC was store the btn ids as comma delimited items in a fld, store the name numbers in a function, then use the offset function to get the id number in the fld. someone on the MetaCard list pointed out that i could name a btn "b60" and label it "60" thus avoiding many headaches. there are mixed emotions when MC/RR advances let you throw away code you sweated blood over. Erik ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution