Question about Object Names

[Todd Geist]

thank you!

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Nonsanity <form at nonsanity.com> wrote:

> Try:    get the short name of this card
>
>  ~ Chris Innanen
>  ~ Nonsanity
>
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:17 AM, 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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Todd Geist
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