I lost my property inspector

[Dar Scott]

Nope.  Just a getprop.  A mouseDown.  And a function.  


On Apr 30, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dar,
> 
> I have seen something very similiar to what you are experiencing and I
> believe the cause was the incorrect naming of both Custom Property Sets and
> Custom Properties and my use of array notation. This from the User Guide:
> 
> ----------------
> 
> Custom Property Names
> 
> The name of a custom property must consist of a single word and may contain
> any combination of letters, digits, and underscores (_). The first
> character must be either a letter or an underscore.
> 
> Custom Property Set Names
> 
> The names of custom property sets should consist of a single word, with any
> combination of letters, digits, and underscores (_). The first character
> should be either a letter or an underscore.
> 
> It is possible to create a custom property set with a name that has more
> than one word, or that otherwise doesn't conform to these guidelines.
> However, this is not recommended, because such a custom property set can't
> be used with the array notation described below.
> 
> ----------------
> THESE NAMING CONVENTIONS DO NOT APPEAR IN THE DICTIONARY, at least not
> under the entries for customProperties, customPropertySet,
> customPropertySets. And, as if to tempt you into dark and foreboding
> corners, the example for customPropertySet is:
> 
> set the customPropertySet of me to "Mac Properties"
> 
> Do you have Custom Property Sets and/or Names that do not conform to the
> above convention? Are you using array notation to refer to them?
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> 
>> I found a workaround.
>> 
>> It turned out to be just that one button on that one stack.
>> 
>> I can open the object inspector on some other object and after a few
>> seconds it comes up.
>> 
>> Then I can click on that bad button after that and the object inspector
>> comes up with weird values in the fields.  “Combobox Menu” in the name
>> field and ‘stack revTemplatePalette”’ in the label field and most of the
>> controls are dimmed.  I try it again and it works.
>> 
>> So I can get it working, but I think my stack is broken.  I have no idea
>> how a broken stack can keep the object inspector from working.  This is
>> just a plain stack.
>> 
>> So I figure either the stack is corrupted (maybe by a LiveCode bug) or I
>> did something to the stack and in particular that button.
>> 
>> Any ideas on what I could have done?
>> 
>> Dar
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 28, 2014, at 5:27 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/28/14, 5:54 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
>>>> Could something in the preferences do this?
>>> 
>>> That was my first thought, especially since it persists across different
>> versions of LC. Trash your prefs.
>>> 
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