card id not valid

Peter M. Brigham pmbrig at gmail.com
Sat Nov 1 17:40:50 EDT 2014


On Nov 1, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Friedrich F. Grohmann wrote:

> I've run into a strange problem with a stack. After changing the order of a
> few cards (by way of copy/paste) a number of the involved cards will not
> respond to "go card id xxx". The card inspector clearly indicates both name
> and number of those cards. However, if I try to proceed to the card by its
> id, the message box tells me "No such card". If it's "go cd yyy" and yyy is
> the number of the card, no problem.
> 
> I'm working with Livecode 5.5.4 and the stack involved has served me for a
> number of years so I don't think it is a problem of the version itself.
> 
> Any suggestion how this could be solved?

I may be mistaken but I believe when you paste a card, or any control in fact, it gets given a new ID. You'll have to refer to the card by name.

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
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