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[Bob Sneidar]

If I have it right, you wouldn't need to. The objects would be able to find their images without having to relink them all. 

Bob


On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:37 AM, stephen barncard wrote:

> 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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