Custom Properties

[Thomas McGrath III]

Does anyone have any examples on the get/setProps in real usage? I  
have been using custom props but not the setProp etc. I would love  
some more insightful ideas on it's usage.

Thanks

Tom


On Apr 11, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Devin Asay wrote:

>
> 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
>
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