AltIDs

[stephen barncard]

I've had image names fail where ids worked. I have no idea why.

On 9 January 2012 10:20, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> 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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