How to Reset ID's of Controls

[John Craig]

Hi, Ender.  The ID's will still increase as the app runs - same as in 
the development environment, but when the app is restarted, the original 
stack will be loaded and the ID's will start again from their original 
values.


On 27/01/2014 13:18, Ender Nafi Elekcioglu wrote:
> Alan hi,
>
> About second part of your reply: no, I don’t use any stack as a datafile.
> For that purpose, I’m using a couple of simple text files and a big SQLite database.
>
> The app has a library substack which is static and don’t alter during runtime;
> the mainstack has 23 cards which have several hundreds of controls
> and the majority of those controls are created on the fly since the content is dynamic.
> It’s kind of a news app.
>
> About the first part of your reply: I’ve thought this, too, after sending that last post.
> This is a standalone and there is no way to alter a digitally signed app, right?
> We can’t even set or create a new custom property during runtime on iOS.
>
> So, maybe this *ID’s constantly increasing* issue is related merely to the development environment.
> I should test this as soon as possible.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> ~ Ender
>
> From: Alan Stenhouse Alan Stenhouse
> Reply: Alan Stenhouse
> Date: January 27, 2014 at 13:21:43
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Subject:  Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 124, Issue 44
> Hi Ender
>
> I can't imagine that once you build your standalone that there will be any change at all to the IDs inside it - that shouldn't be possible - unless you're opening a separate stack/data file and modifying that?
>
> If it is a "datafile" that you're including/modifying and you're creating so much from scratch each time, is it really necessary that it's a separate stack file? Can you somehow just save the last status in a text/data file and rebuild on startup?
>
> What is your actual setup for this app?
>
> cheers
>
> Alan
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