AltIDs

[stephen barncard]

if we're talking about  image linking, why not just name the images, and
just use    the id of img "imagename"       ??

On 9 January 2012 09:04, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> Hmmm... this got me thinking about how to go about creating a new stack
> while maintaining image ID's. If you keep all the images on a single card,
> you should be able to loop through all the images on a card, store their
> ID's in some kind of array or variable, copy the card, new stack/paste
> card, restore all object ID's top down. Then any other card can be pasted
> in without having to relink their icons with the ID's the images would have
> gotten with the paste card command.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> > David Epstein wrote:
> >
> >> To avoid conflicts with normal ids...
> >
> > If what ways have you had conflicts?  What are you trying to do?
> >
> > There may be other ways to solve the core problem beyond dealing with
> > the ~2 billion limit on the ID range.
> >
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