Arrays and Custom Props

[Gregory Lypny]

	Well, Bernard and Scott, good to know I'm not alone.  I've always  
been ambivalent about custom properties.  I see their power and  
usefulness, but more often than not, I spare myself the mental strain  
of recalling what prop is stored where, what it is called, and how to  
display all of the ones I have set, by instead using a hidden field  
dedicated to "settings" or "preferences", which I can call up in a  
snap or display all the time while I'm scripting, and edit by typing  
into it.  This field of settings can be loaded into one or more arrays  
at start up.  Jim Ault's good overview in response to this thread  
shows that strategies for developing a working relationship with  
custom props is not trivial.

	Regards,

		Gregory


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Bernard wrote:

> Don't feel too bad.  So the dictionary does contain an example for  
> what you
> needed, but after 6 years of using Revolution I still have to look  
> up how do
> work with custompropertysets & arrays almost every time I use them  
> together!
> Not to mention that I can never remember which way round 'split' &
> 'combine' work.
> I think I must have been particularly stupid at the time when I was  
> learning
> how to use arrays, and my confusion has been permanently wired into  
> my brain
> :-)
>
> Bernard



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> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi


[Jim Ault followed his comment below with a good overview of working  
with custom properties.]

> Just a couple hints that might help you in the future..  I hope this  
> can
> help someone understand a little more.