[Xerte] setting id

[Dave Burnett]

Thanks Paul.

My first thought too, and I did work out how to assign discrete ID's.
But I can't seem to trigger any of them using DiscreteID.onRelease();



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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] setting id
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:17:37 -0700
> From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>
> It should be possible to create unique IDs when duplicating. Would
> something like the following work if entered as the id property?
>
> myId + iconParent.repCount
>
> If my syntax is correct, you should end up with different IDs for each
> page of the decision icon: myId1, myId2, etc.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
>> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:03 AM
>> To: Xerte list
>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] setting id
>>
>>
>>
>> Hmm, no mention of setProperty in the archives.
>> Maybe no one uses it. ;-)
>>
>> OK, the underlying issue is this:
>>
>> I duplicate 5x a page of objects along a decision icon, they all end
> up
>> with the same ID
>>
>> Once that is set up I would like to trigger the first leg by code.
>>
>> sameID.onRelease();
>> always triggers the last leg of the duped items.
>>
>> Way round it?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>> From: maryann at moberg.com
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:59:30 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [Xerte] setting id
>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>
>>> Here's the flash documentation for setProperty - a movie clip
>> function. Is this what you had in mind?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> setProperty(target:Object,
>>> property:Object, expression:Object) : Void
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Changes a property value of a movie clip as the movie clip plays.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4
>>>
>>>
>>> Parameters
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> target:Object - The path to the instance
>>> name of the movie clip whose property is to be set.
>>>
>>> property:Object - The property to be set.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> expression:Object - Either the new literal value
>>> of the property, or an equation that evaluates to the new value of
>> the
>>> property.
>>>
>>>
>>> Example
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The following ActionScript creates a new movie clip and loads an
>> image into
>>> it. The _xand
>>> _y
>>> coordinates are set for the clip using setProperty(). When you click
>>> the button called right_btn, the _x coordinate of a movie clip
>>> named params_mc
>>> is incremented by 20 pixels.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> this.createEmptyMovieClip("params_mc", 999);
>>>
>>>
>>
> params_mc.loadMovie("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image1.jp
>> g");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> setProperty(this.params_mc, _y, 20);
>>>
>>> setProperty(this.params_mc, _x, 20);
>>>
>>> this.right_btn.onRelease = function() {
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> setProperty(params_mc, _x, getProperty(params_mc, _x)+20);
>>>
>>> };
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Dave Burnett> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm having another of my noticeably more frequent senior moments.
>>>
>>> At least I'll get half-price at the buffet soon...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> icon.previousSibling.clip().getProperty('id')
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What's the syntax to set this same property?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thnx.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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