On 3/11/05 4:15 AM, "graham samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin - one extra point. Although it may have worked in this particular > case, it is generally not a good idea to give a variable a name which > is a reserved word in Transcript. 'number' is certainly reserved, as in > > put the number of lines of myField into myTemp > > or whatever. It you do this, you will eventually get unexpected results > (when Revolution can't work out from the context whether you mean to > use a reserved word or not). Many people use a consistent naming style > by introducing a one or two-letter prefix before every variable name. I > believe Richard G has some clearer advice on this on his site. Yes, it is a convention called "Hungarian Notation" that many of us that use Revolution follow. You can find it along with a wealth of other guidelines at Richard's site: http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/scriptstyle.html Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
