card id and button problem

[Rob Cozens]

>I tried to use Rob's suggestion, and it ALMOST worked - Being code 
>illiterate, I don't pretend to understand the solution, so I just 
>applied it word for word, most likely not recognizing something I 
>needed to substitute for

Lars,

Sorry, when posting handler statements I use "[" & "]" to enclose 
words that must be replaced by an actual argument...a la Rev 
Dictionary.  Unfortunately the same symbols are used in actual 
Transcript to denote an array element.

The solution I attempted to outline is:

1. Store the id of the new button in a local variable when it is created

2. Set a custom property of the new button to the id of the new card 
in the drawer stack when the card is created

3. Reference the custom property to identify which drawer card to go 
to when the button receives mouseUp.

The reason this solution avoids changing the button script is because 
a Revolution standalone cannot modify any stack script that exceeds 
scriptLimits() lines (see Rev Dictionary).

The issue I had with

    copy btn id xxxx to stack "MainStack"

is Rev Dictionary (Copy) essentially says a control can only be 
copied to a group or a card--not to a stack.

So

     "copy button id xxxx to card [cardReference] of stack "Main Stack"

was born.  cardReference could be the name, number, or id of the card 
in "Main Stack" where the new button is created.

>   copy btn id 1003 to recent card of stack "MainStack"

I haven't had occasion to use "recent", but the syntax does not 
include stack designation.  In other words, recent card is the last 
card visited in the runtime session, regardless of stack: it's part 
of the runtime tables, not a stack-specific property.

So if you can:

	copy button id xxxx to card 1 of stack "Main Stack"
or
	copy button id xxxx to card id 1234 of stack "Main Stack
or
	copy button id xxxx to card "Drawer Buttons" of stack "Main Stack

, I think that will solve the problem.
-- 

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)