simple custom property question

[Charles Hartman]

So "any kind of data" (as in, "You can define custom properties for  
any object, and use them to store any kind of data.") doesn't mean  
"any kind of data," it means various "multimedia" kinds of data --  
but not Rev objects?

Since the rest of the data I need to send to each instance of the  
dialog will be stored in an array built from custom properties --  
that seems to be the Rev-"native" way to do it -- it feels peculiar  
to have to call up a different data stream for the operation. I  
suppose I'm just being fussy.

I wonder if this limitation (if I understand it correctly) gets in  
anyone else's way?

Charles

On Aug 1, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Ken Ray wrote:

> On 8/1/05 7:44 AM, "Charles Hartman" <charles.hartman at conncoll.edu>  
> wrote:
>
>
>> This has got to be simple, but I'm stuck: how do I get a group into a
>> custom property? I don't even need to do it from a script; the msg
>> box or Inspector will do.
>>
>> The group includes an image and a bunch of little fields. I want them
>> in a cust prop because I'll have a lot of them and I want to automate
>> sending them to a dialog box.
>>
>
> How about just creating the group in an offscreen stack (or  
> substack) and
> then doing "copy group <groupDesc> to <targetLoc>" every time you  
> want an
> "instance" of the group?
>
> Otherwise, you can't really store a true group object inside a custom
> property AFAIK - you could store the binary of a stack with one  
> card that
> only had your group on it, or you could store the specifications of  
> all the
> objects that make up the group and then build it from scratch each  
> time
> based on the specifications for each object.
>
> But personally, I'd suggest the "copy group" approach...
>