the long name of me OR the long ID of me?

[Phil Davis]

Hi Josh,

Most of the time I do this:

  put the long ID of btn "thing" of stack "main" into tTargetButton

... so later I can do this:

  set the hilite of tTargetButton to true
  set text of tTargetButton to tSomeMenuItems
  etc.

That's my preferred method, because it improves script 
clarity/readability and target precision while reducing mental overhead.

I generally use the long ID because the ID is always unique, where names 
may not be.

Phil Davis





Josh Mellicker wrote:
> To easily identify a specific control on a card in a stack, what 
> method do you use?
>
>
> I have been trying several, and am getting intermittent bugs...
>
> ---
>
> method 1: set the calSender of stack "greenbongo" to the long name of me
>
> or
>
> method 2: set the calSender of stack "greenbongo" to the long ID of me
>
>
> then, in scripts:
>
> send "datePicked" to btn the calSender of stack "greenbongo"
>
> or
>
>         put the calSender of stack "greenbongo" into tSender
>         send datePicked to tSender
>
> or
>
>         put the calSender of stack "greenbongo" into tSender
>         send datePicked to btn tSender
>
> This usually works but bothers me because the custom property actually 
> starts with the word "button", so I am saying "btn button..."
>
> ---
>
> method 3:
>
> function tPlayer
>  return the long ID of Player "video" of cd "this" of stack "that"
> end tPlayer
>
> then, in scripts:
>
> set the filename of tPlayer() to "blahblah.mov"
>
>
> This works sometimes, but seems not to work other times.
>
>
> Sometimes I resort to the full "pathname" but this makes scripts dense 
> and cluttered.
>
>
> Thanks for clearing up this foggy area for me!
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