Custom Properties

[Thomas McGrath III]

Mark,

The first two went right over my head. ;-) But the last one makes  
total sense to me.

Thanks, food for thought.

Tom

On Apr 12, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Mark Smith wrote:

> One example, that reformats an addition to a custom prop containing  
> some data might be
>
> setProp someData aValue
>  set the someData of me to the someData of me & reformat(aValue)
> end someData
>
> similarly, to ensure that you only ever get a formatted version of  
> a custom prop
>
> getProp someValue
>   return format("%8.2f",the someValue of me)
> end someValue
>
> You can also use them to create dummy custom props:
>
> getProp Area
>  return the width of me * the height of me
> end Area
>
> so you can now script : get the Area of fld 1

Thomas J McGrath III
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