Ugly ID memories

Bob Sneidar bobs at twft.com
Wed Dec 10 13:15:27 EST 2008


Very useful tidbit there Richard! I did not know that!

Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Logos Management
Calvary Chapel CM

On Dec 10, 2008, at 7:42 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> This is why the altID can be useful for restoring objects:  the
> incrementer never works backward, so if you set the altID of a control
> to its actual ID prior to turning it into XML or some other
> representation, when you recreate it in the same stack you can be
> assured no other control is using that ID.




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