Custom Properties

[Graham Pearson]

Well for somehow the custom property was being stored in one of the
SubStacks of the main stack and not within the main stack. Now to figure
out what I did to make this happen.




On 6/27/2013 10:36 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote:
> Hmm, perhaps look some of these lessons over again to get a clearer
> understanding of whats custom properties are and how to use them in various
> ways.
> 
> http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/tags?tag=custom+properties
> 
> The old user manual from when LC was still revolution (I believe it was
> from the Revolution 4.0 era) was also incredibly useful to me. I read it
> front to back when I first got started. It really gave me a clear
> understanding of stuff like the message path, custom properties, etc.
> 
> I however can't find a link to the old style user manual. It also doesn't
> seem the info in it is translated to the new attempt at a "Developer's
> guide". Maybe someone on list can upload a PDF of the oldstyle user guide
> for you.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Graham Pearson <gspearson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Now I am very lost as usual. on my stack script I did the set script
>> with a new custom property called altNewCustomPropertythat has a value
>> of "http://www.google.com" and when I did the answer I got
>> http:/www.google.com
>>
>>
>> However, In the stack or in the card property inspector under custom
>> properties I do not see this custom property called altNewCustomProperty
>> so I must be trying to put the name/value items in the wrong location.
>>
>>
>> I would have thought that if I set a custom property it would have shown
>> up in the Property Inspector under Custom Property until the time it was
>> deleted if they can even be deleted via a script. Back to the drawing
>> board.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/27/2013 9:54 AM, Roger Eller wrote:
>>> I confirmed that either of these works as long as you have first:
>>>
>>> *set* the cName of this stack to "Bla Bla Bla"
>>>
>>> *answer* the cName of this stack
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> *get* the cName of this stack; *answer* it
>>> ~Roger
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Andrew Kluthe <andrew at ctech.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmmm, is the data being returned by that custom property an array?
>> Array's
>>>> don't display as strings on answer dialogs, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Also, why move your global variables to custom properties? There are
>> some
>>>> pretty good use cases for both.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Graham Pearson <gspearson at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As I am finishing up with my first application, I am now moving global
>>>>> variables to custom properties as recommended by other posts on this
>>>>> list and the RunRev lessons site.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the main stack I have created a custom property called
>>>>> altWebServerURL and custom contents of
>> http://www.yourcfpro.com/TestApp/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a RunRev lesson on custom properties it has a line that says:
>>>>>
>>>>> answer the cName of this stack
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> which displayed the name entered from a field called name.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If I do the answer line with my altWebServerURL all I get is a blank
>>>>> answer box with OK and not the value of what I defined within the
>>>>> property contents of this custom property.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>>
>>>> Andrew Kluthe
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