Where are these lists coming from? colors and patterns are now individual properties... you also can't have both a foreColor and a forePattern etc so it returns the one you have if you have one...
Also as I said before if properties aren't set then it doesn't return them. On 13/06/2013, at 9:54 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > OK, well the wording of the release notes implies that some properties that > were previously returned are no longer there, at least by my reading. I > know some properties that were missing have been included in 6.1 and that's > great. > > I did a quick test to compare the properties returned by 6.1 and 5.5 for a > stack, card, field and button. > > The following properties have been added for those objects in 6.1: > > STACK > fullscreen > editMenus > systemWindow > shadowOffset > > CARD > shadowOffset > > FIELD > None > > BUTTON > None > > I can't say for sure but I'm pretty sure there are still missing properties > > > The following properties are returned in 5.5 but NOT in 6.1 > > STACK > menubar > linkHiliteColor > patterns > colors > linkVisitedColor > title > linkColor > textStyle > underlineLinks > password > scroll > behavior > textSize > textFont > > CARD > rect > patterns > defaultButton > colors > textStyle > behavior > textSize > textFont > > FIELD > None > > BUTTON > None > > I'm hoping my test script is flawed because that seems like a mess if it's > true. Busy checking now. > > > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:27 PM, J. Landman Gay > <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > >> On 6/12/13 3:03 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> >> It sounds like "the properties" doesn't return all the properties it used >>> to return, only those needed to recreate it. That's great for those who >>> want to recreate an object by maybe not so great for folks who want to use >>> it for other purposes. >>> >> >> It's the other way around, the properties used to omit some of the new >> ones like graphic effects. They've been added in. >> >> It never did list redundant ones though (an explanation is in the docs.) >> For example, width and height are omitted because they can be obtained from >> the rect. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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<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 -- M E R Goulding Software development services Bespoke application development for vertical markets mergExt - There's an external for that! _______________________________________________ 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
