On Apr 11, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:
Cutom Properties were one of the primary features of Rev that
attracted me
back into the xTalk fold. They are immensely powerful. Even my
eBook (thanks
for the plug, Scott!) only scratches the surface. Every time I find
a new
use for one of these puppies I get more astonished.
Example: You can put a complete binary file into a custom prop and
ship it
as a single unit. That's how I embed the PDFs in my SmartEBooks. So
convenient. SO fast.
I had the same reaction when I finally "got" custom properties. My
favorite recent discovery is the setProp structure. Any time some
obscure handler in my project changes a property's value all I have
to do is include a setProp structure to tell my stack what's supposed
to happen. So often we HyperCard refugees have long-ingrained habits
for working around issues, and all of a sudden we discover extremely
powerful elements of Transcript--oops, I mean Revolution, I mean the
scripting language formerly known as Transcript-- that transform our
scripting lives.
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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