Binary String to Enable Objects

[Rob Cozens]

Hi Alex,

>That's neat !  I would never have thought of using the IDs - I've 
>never set an ID to a specific value

You can only set image ids: the ids of other controls cannot be changed.

But the key lies in "set the enabled of control ID (i + 2000) to 
(item i of tBinStr = 1)" -- which I believe should actually be

"set the enabled of control ID (i + 2000) to (char i of tBinStr = 1)"

* You can create the controls one after the other so they have 
consecutive ids; but what happens if you need to add one later?

* You could pass a list of the ids or name of the objects:

         "set the enabled of control ID (line i of myControlList) to 
(item i of tBinStr = 1)"

* You could group the 32 objects, maintain tBinStr as a custom 
property or local variable, and use this handler in the group script:

         get the tBinStr of me
         put 0 into objectNumber
         repeat for each char controlSetting in it
                 add 1 to objectNumber
                 set the enabled of control objectNumber of me to 
(controlSetting = 1)
         end repeat

Rob Cozens CCW
Serendipity Software Company

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