Place command question

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Fri Mar 8 19:52:58 EST 2013


Hi Pete,

Yes, I can confirm his. You could also give the group a name and use 
this name.

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On 3/8/2013 23:44, Peter Haworth wrote:
> I'm using the place command in a script to place a shared group onto a
> card.  I need to be able to refer to the new group after placing it but it
> seems that the place command, unlike other commands that create controls,
> does not put the long ID of the new group into the it variable.  I can kind
> of understand that since the it's not really a "new" control.
>
> I think I'm correct in saying that a shared group will always have the same
> id no matter which card it's on.  If so, it's easy to refer to it after I
> have placed it.
>
> Could someone confirm that is the case?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>





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