Simon,
try to add "of me" like below
repeat with x=1 to the number of images of me
put the ID of image x of me into tID
put the short name of image x of me into tName
put tID into ImageA[tName]
end repeat
Kind regards
Bernd
scott--- via use-livecode wrote
> Well I tried using custom props but did not get very far with them. My
> solution is to add the image files to the group and hide them behind other
> controls. I have added the attached handler that sets the button icons to
> the values of the images in the group. The handler should be called when
> the original control is duplicated but.
>
> I used the array to ensure that the handler only finds images that are
> part of the group:
>
> on newgroup
> -- set the icons for the buttons
>
> --build an array of refs to images in the group
> repeat with x=1 to the number of images of me
> put the ID of image x into tID
> put the short name of image x into tName
> put tID into ImageA[tName]
> end repeat
>
> --now set the icons
> set the icon of button "add" of me to ImageA["imgPlus"]
> set the icon of button "SortA" of me to ImageA["imgSort"]
> set the icon of button "Delete" of me to ImageA["imgBin"]
>
> set the icon of button "SortB" of me to ImageA["imgSort"]
> set the icon of button "Remove" of me to ImageA["imgLeftArrow"]
> set the icon of button "Use" of me to ImageA["imgLeftArrow"]
> end newgroup
>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 23:36, scott--- via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@.runrev
> > wrote:
>>
>> Hello Simon,
>> I see I probably misunderstood what you were trying to do. With a custom
>> control I might be tempted to store the images in a customProp if I
>> wanted multiple resolutions to travel with the group object. Then do
>> something like setting the imageData of the image.
>> —
>> Scott
>
>>> On Jul 24, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Simon Knight via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@.runrev
> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there an elegant method of storing images for use by a custom
>>> control? I have tried adding the images to the custom control group but
>>> the buttons in copies of the first group refer back to the first group
>>> so there is no advantage when compared to storing the images on a card
>>> or in a folder.
>>>
>>> best wishes
>>>
>>> Simon K.
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