Custom Property Tutorial?

[Dan Shafer]

I also wrote an eBook on the subject which you can buy for $5 through  
the RunRev RevPress store online.

Dan

On Mar 10, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Mark Swindell wrote:

> Wow.  Thanks so much!
> Mark
>
> On Mar 10, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> Mark Swindell wrote:
>> > Is there a particularly good custom property tutorial out there
>> > for "the rest of us?"  I'd like to learn to use them but haven't
>> > successfully tackled them yet.
>>
>> They may change your life.  Very handy, very flexible.
>>
>>
>> MINI-TUTORIAL ON CUSTOM PROPERTIES
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> The simplest thing to know is that they work just like built-in  
>> properties:
>>
>>   set the uMyProperty of btn 1 to "Hello World"
>>   get the uMyProperty of btn 1
>>
>> Every object can have a nearly unlimited number of custom properties,  
>> accessed using the syntax above.
>>
>> You can also have a nearly unlimited number of custom property sets.  
>> If you think of a property set as a rack with multiple shelves,  
>> having multiple custom property sets is like having multiple racks.   
>> There's a default set, but you can change it to anything else:
>>
>>   set the customPropertySet of btn 1 to "MySet"
>>   set the uMyProperty of btn 1 to "Hello World"
>>   set the customPropertySet to empty -- restores to default
>>
>> You can use array notation to access items in the non-default custom  
>> property set, with the set name being outside the brackets and the  
>> element name within the brackets -- this is the equivalent of what I  
>> just wrote above:
>>
>>   set the MySet[uMyProperty] of btn 1 to "Hello World"
>>
>> In addition to accessing an element in a set by name, as you would if  
>> you labelled shelves on a rack, you can also address them with a  
>> number:
>>
>>  set the MySet[4] of btn 1 to "Hello World"
>>
>> These posts may be helpful:
>> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2003-August/005798.html>
>> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2004-May/ 
>> 036534.html>
>> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2002-July/ 
>> 006149.html>
>>
>> After reading those I'd recommend opening the Dictionary and  
>> reviewing the entries for:
>>
>>  put
>>  set
>>  customKeys
>>  customPropertySets
>>  split -- to turn a delimited string into an array
>>  combine -- to turn an array into a delimited string
>>
>> Then set aside an hour or so to play with what you've learned.  At  
>> the end of that 90 minute investment if you're not a master just come  
>> on back with any questions and you'll master them soon enough. :)
>>
>> --
>>  Richard Gaskin
>>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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