Hi Jacque, Control names within a group can be obtained by:
"the childControlNames of group myGroup" Best, Panos -- On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:21 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 7/28/17 12:52 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: > >> I can get the controlnames of a card, but at first blush the list does >> not include button names. However it*does* list a great many numbers of 4 >> digits. So I tried looking up controlNames in the dictionary and there is >> no entry for it, at least not by using the find function. >> > > > I just tested this and it looks like the controlNames of a card only > return the names of controls whose parent is the card. Controls within a > group are listed by ID. I'm not sure if this is correct or not, I can see > the logic, but it would seem if the parent has to be the card then controls > within a group shouldn't be in the list at all. > > My test card used a background group; it might be different for a card > group. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
