[Xerte] setting id

[Dave Burnett]

As an addendum:

I am debugging the ID's of the duplicates, running the set ID's routine, then debugging again.

It sure looks like they are being set, but the onRelease call that worked when they are all the same, does not work for the new ID's

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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>> 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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