Question about Object Names
stephen barncard
stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com
Fri May 27 10:41:51 EDT 2011
use the short name of the object.
name button "Button"
short name "Button"
long name button "Button" of card id 1002 of stack "Untitled 1"
On 27 May 2011 07:17, Todd Geist <todd at geistinteractive.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am confused by an inconsistency I am seeing. I think it points to
> something I missing about object names and references.
>
> Using the Object Inspector you can set the name of a card, for example, to
> "MyCardName"
>
> But when you retrieve the name of the object in line of code you get back
> the object type followed by the name in Quotes, like this
>
> *put *the name of the this card into tCard
>
>
> -> card "MyCardName"
>
>
> Why?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Todd
>
>
>
>
> Todd Geist
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