Custom Properties

[Devin Asay]

On Apr 11, 2006, at 1:14 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> Cutom Properties were one of the primary features of Rev that  
> attracted me
> back into the xTalk fold. They are immensely powerful. Even my  
> eBook (thanks
> for the plug, Scott!) only scratches the surface. Every time I find  
> a new
> use for one of these puppies I get more astonished.
>
> Example: You can put a complete binary file into a custom prop and  
> ship it
> as a single unit. That's how I embed the PDFs in my SmartEBooks. So
> convenient. SO fast.

I had the same reaction when I finally "got" custom properties. My  
favorite recent discovery is the setProp structure. Any time some  
obscure handler in my project changes a property's value all I have  
to do is include a setProp structure to tell my stack what's supposed  
to happen. So often we HyperCard refugees have long-ingrained habits  
for working around issues, and all of a sudden we discover extremely  
powerful elements of Transcript--oops, I mean Revolution, I mean the  
scripting language formerly known as Transcript-- that transform our  
scripting lives.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University