Changing position/dimensions of a control that is part of a group

[Mark Wieder]

On 01/28/2016 03:29 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
> As Mark Weider said, control ids are unique, so there is no need to
> specify the group, in
>     ... graphic id 1234 of grp "unneeded" of ..
>
> However, the same is not true of names, so it's perfectly possible to
> have multiple graphics (or multiple groups) within the card, each with
> the same name. It is therefore ambiguous which of them is being referred
> to -and unfortunately the engine does NOT inform you of this ambiguity
> (and hence possible bug).
>
> So - in your original example here -
>
>   set the width of graphic "BaseControlsBkgnd" to item 3 of tCardRect
>
> are you sure there s no other graphic with the same name ?  (- NB it can
> be anywhere withing the stack file)
>
> Ir would be better practice to say somethingglike
>
>   set the width of graphic "BaseControlsBkgnd" of grp "wherever" of grp
> :to item 3 of tCardRect

Oooo... nice catch.

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