novice question re "marked" and customkeys

[Bob Sneidar]

Aye, but of course if you have that many cards you should probably be doing this through SQL.

Bob


On Mar 31, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Peter Brigham MD wrote:

> I suspect that using a customproperty of the card would be faster for large numbers of cards. Accessing the contents of a field is slow, relative to pulling customprops. But it probably doesn't matter unless you have >1000 cards.
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> On Mar 31, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> 
>> I think you are right Mark. A hidden field with the word "barked" or "darked" in it and some use of the find command would serve you better. Undarking all cards though would definitely require a repeat loop or a recursive call, with Exit to top when you cannot find any more.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Timothy Miller wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey dudes,
>>> 
>>> The "marked" property is so easy to use. "go next marked" and "unmark all cards" are so fast and foolproof! Very handy.
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering if I can somehow define my own versions of "marked"
>>> 
>>> E.g., in a hypothetical stack, the "marked" of cards 3, 10, 22 and 99 is "true"
>>> 
>>> I somehow define my own properties, like "barked" and "darked"
>>> 
>>> In the same hypothetical stack, the "barked" of cards 1,2, 3 and 4 is "true"
>>> 
>>> the "darked" of cards 2,4,6,8 and 99 is "true"
>>> 
>>> Somehow I could "go next barked" or "go next darked" just as fast and easy as I could "go next marked"
>>> 
>>> In this perfect world, I could "unbark" or "undark" all cards as easily as I could unmark them.
>>> 
>>> I suspect this isn't really possible. I suspect the closest equivalent would be to use customkeys and repeat loops, to find the next card with a certain value of a certain customkey, and so on. I suspect this would be somewhat slower than "go next marked" or "unmark all"
>>> 
>>> The marked of a card resembles a customkey, but I suspect it works differently. True?
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to "go next" to a card with a certain value of a certain customKey? Or is it necessary to use a repeat loop to inspect the each card until I encounter the customKey and value I want?
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to "set the poodleNose of all cards to empty"? I suspect not.
>>> 
>>> Am I getting this right? Am I missing anything important?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Tim
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