Storing an Array as a Custom Property

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Sorry, but I  said "TAB on Return", which IS a field property.

Joe Wilkins

On Oct 2, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> 
> > While we're talking about bugs, I found that you cannot change
> > the field property "TAB on Return" from the multi line msg box.
> 
> That's because there is no property called "Tab in Return".
> 
> By default, the Rev Property Inspector hides the "English-like" names used in the language and instead shows what is presumably an "Even-More-English-Like" label.  The problem is that there is then no direct way to know the name of the property you're setting.
> 
> In this case the actual property name is "autoTab".
> 
> 
> The first thing I tell my clients to do when they begin learning Rev is:
> 
> 1. Go to Preferences
> 2. In the section with the heading "Property labels are:", click the
>   option labeled "Name of LiveTalk Property".
> 
> Once that's done the Inspector provides reinforcement of the tokens you'll have to learn for scripting anyway.
> 
> And without that, as you've found it just raises the learning curve.
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
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