Why do group ID's change when cloning a stack

Sarah Reichelt sarah.reichelt at gmail.com
Sat Aug 12 07:20:34 EDT 2006


On 8/12/06, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:08 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
>
> > Like Richard, I really like the way Rev allows you to have separate
> > names & labels, so that labels can be changed to suit customer
> > preferences, languages or what ever you like, while keeping the name
> > the same so all your scripts still work.
>
> I have the memory of a goldfish.  By time I get the edit window open,
> I forgot the names of the controls.
>
> So, I like this idea a lot, but for initial development and
> experimenting, I usually have the name of the control on the card
> somehow.  When I'm typing in the script, I can look over and see the
> name.
>
> Now if I could drag a control onto a script and have the editor
> insert a reference to that control, then I can have it all.  Or maybe
> have the names float over controls while I'm editing, so I can glance
> over and see them.

You need Galaxy! It shows the name of an object when you hover over
it, and inserts the name in a script if you press Control-Escape :-)

Sarah



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