Question about the name of the target for new graphics

[Doug Lerner]

On 1/20/04 3:05 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> On 1/19/04 11:17 PM, Doug Lerner wrote:
> 
>> So - when does the name set in
>> 
>>     new graphic newName
>> 
>> get set so proper logging and verification can be done? Where does that
>> happen? I didn't see anything that did that in the internal newGraphic
>> handler.
>> 
>> Would
>> 
>>     set the name of the templateGraphic to newName
>> 
>> be helpful before the "new graphic" command? That is where I set the other
>> properties.
> 
> I've never tried it, but I suppose it would work. What I usually do is
> something like:
> 
> create graphic "newGraphic"
> put the name of last graphic after fld "mylog" -- or whatever
> 
> Or, since you already know the name of the new graphic, you can just log
> it directly:
> 
> create graphic "newGraphic"
> put "newGraphic" after fld "mylog"

Right. But... I wanted to simultaneously check to make sure the name was set
right. Just logging what I think it *ought* to be isn't the best way. :)

doug