Sean & Others, Wow. I will be reading this over to learn all i can from it, and see how this knowledge can help me be a better LC dev. I have a funny feeling it will come in handy one day soon.
I very much appreciate the time it took to explain all this. On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 6:32 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < [email protected]> wrote: > On 3/11/21 3:03 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: > > > I hope that all makes sense. > > Sean- > > That makes sense, but it's a bad paradigm (IMO) for the same reason that > using real data for database indexes is a bad idea unless it just gets > written once and doesn't need maintenance. > > What happens when a folder or a file gets renamed? You have to work your > way through the array finding out where the old name is, carefully > extract any data residing there, delete the old array element, and > insert a new element containing the old data. Trust me, this is a > pain... having just gone through this with the styledText array of field > contents. > > -- > Mark Wieder > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Tom Glod Founder & Developer MakeShyft R.D.A (www.makeshyft.com) Mobile:647.562.9411 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
