Setting a property on a different card

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Len Morgan  wrote:

> I have a little app that uses a setup stack (the main-stack) and an "ID
> Card" stack where I have a single card with the layout of an employee
> badge.  If I load an image by hand, it works fine.  I am now trying to
> to print a batch of these badges on one sheet.  I can change the
> contents of the text fields that hold the name, title, etc. with no
> problem but I'm having trouble setting the file name for the image (they
> are stored in a separate folder on a shared drive.
> 
> My code is:
> 
> set the fileName of empPhoto of card 1 of stack "ID Card" to
> "I:/Photos/00677-180.jpg"
> 
> This gives me an error with "no 'to'".  This same approach works fine
> with "put" on the text fields (even going to a card on another stack).

Perhaps you're missing the object reference "image" in your script:

  set the fileName of image empPhoto of card 1 of stack "ID Card" to
  "I:/Photos/00677-180.jpg"

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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