Special Char Suggestions?

[Rob Cozens]

>Is this really needed?  Would using this function be too wordy?
>
>function xxxxx recordType, dataName
>    return "item [ ordinal of " & dataName & " in dictionary] of " & recordType
>end  xxxxx -- whatever the name should be

Thanks for your suggestions, Dar.

It's an issue of resolving the field # before runtime vs during 
runtime.  The primary reason for the type|name syntax is so database 
fields can be referred to by name rather than number while scripting; 
so I'd prefer a method that doesn't impact on the runtime app.
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Rob Cozens
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