Arrays as custom properties?

[John Tregea]

Thanks Mark,

I was hoping to have an array of arrays, but can certainly make it work 
using a range of custompropertysets.

Regards

John

Mark Smith wrote:
> You can simply store an array variable as a customPropertySet:
> set the customProperties["addresses"] of this stack to addressArray
>
> You can then set individual elements of the stored array:
> set the addresses[key] of this stack to someItem
>
> And retrieve the indidvidual elements:
> get the addresses[key] of this stack
>
> or put the whole thing back into an array variable:
> put the customProperties["addresses"] of this stack into addressArray
>
> The thing is that a customPropertySet effecively <is> an array,  and 
> depending on your needs, (accessing a customPropertySet is only 
> slightly slower than accessing an array) may be a better choice than a 
> global/local array variable.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 19 Mar 2006, at 06:26, John Tregea wrote:
>
>> Thanks Scott,
>>
>> I already have a number of arrays stored in global variables and want 
>> to store each complete array as a custom property of the group. I 
>> realise I could repeat through the structure of the array and 
>> transfer each array element to a corresponding element in the group's 
>> custom property, but hoped to be able to "plonk" the array into the 
>> custom property.
>>
>> I will check my use of the word "the"...
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>> Scott Rossi wrote:
>>> Recently, John Tregea wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have been looking to see if I can set an array as a custom 
>>>> property of
>>>> a group.
>>>> ... I get an error message on execution that says "bad index 
>>>> expression"
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, you need to define an index for the array.  Perhaps you mean 
>>> something
>>> like this:
>>>
>>>   set the myAccess["password"] of group "A" to gMyAccess
>>>
>>> To retrieve:
>>>
>>>   get the myAccess["password"] of group "A"
>>>
>>> Also, I believe a custom property must always be prefaced by "the".
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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