How to Reset ID's of Controls

[Gerry Orkin]

No one ever quits Ender's apps (they are just too good) so he still has a problem :)

> On 28 Jan 2014, at 12:33 am, John Craig <john at splash21.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>> 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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