Good point Bill. Thanks for sharing! Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Bill Marriott > Gesendet: Freitag, 20. April 2007 02:14 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: how to adress the object name and not the number? > > The recommendation to name objects starting with a letter and then a > number > is simply a "must" because as others have pointed out there can be > ambiguity > when referencing objects named with simply a number. Two additions to the > excellent ideas: > > 1) Remember that the object number always refers to its layer. Lower- > numbers > are below higher-numbered ones. > > 2) I have found it very helpful to insert a space before the prefix and > the > number when naming objects sequentially -- e.g.: "Cell 1" rather than > "Cell1" -- because then it's a lot easier to find out what number you've > given that object using Rev's "word" chunk later on. > > For example, suppose you've created an array of fields this way: > > put "Qty,Part Number,Description,Unit Price,Extended Price" into > theHeaders > repeat for each item columnName in theHeaders > repeat with i = 1 to 20 > put columnName && i into thisCell -- the && concatenates with a > space > between > create fld thisCell > set the rect of fld thisCell to \ > startLefts[columnName],rowHeight * > (i-1),startLefts[columnName]+colWidths[columnName],rowHeight * i > set the lockText of fld thisCell to true > end repeat > end repeat > > (Leaving out setup of the arrays) Then, when someone clicks on one of the > cells, you can hilight the entire row very simply with this script in the > group: > > on mouseup > put the last word of the short name of the target into theLine > repeat for each item columnName in theHeaders > put columnName && theLine into thisCell > set the backgroundColor of fld thisCell to yellow > end repeat > end mouseup > > or, less verbosely, > > on mouseup > repeat for each item c in theHeaders > set fillBack of fld (c && last word of short name of target) to > yellow > end repeat > end mouseup > > By using "the last word" you've gotten the number of the corresponding > elements painlessly. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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