Re: lingo-l Field Names (OT response)

2001-05-23 Thread LePhuronn
I am fully aware of what the original poster was asking (I was also interested in the technical question of internal name references when we brought it up). And yes, it was a case of misreading - you don't care how Director handles it - but this was fresh off the back of a few other posts from

Re: lingo-l Field Names (OT response)

2001-05-21 Thread LePhuronn
I don't know and I don't care... Bit harsh, isn't it? Is it just me or are people getting a bit short-tempered at the moment (no names will be mentioned)? I could just be reading stuff the wrong way but there are a few list regulars who seem to have little patience with simple questions or

lingo-l Field Names

2001-05-19 Thread Alan Robinson
Hi all you gurus Just wondering if you can tell me how field names are stored internally. I have named two fields with the same name expecting them to receive identical data from a list but only one actually receives it. I was wondering if it was because they may be stored as an array and

Re: lingo-l Field Names

2001-05-19 Thread Kerry Thompson
I have named two fields with the same name expecting them to receive identical data from a list but only one actually receives it. Do you mean you have two field cast members with the same name? Or two variables with the same name, holding data from a field? If you have two cast members of

Re: lingo-l Field Names

2001-05-19 Thread Irv Kalb
At 10:58 PM +0100 5/19/01, Alan Robinson wrote: Hi all you gurus Just wondering if you can tell me how field names are stored internally. I have named two fields with the same name expecting them to receive identical data from a list but only one actually receives it. I was wondering if it was

Re: lingo-l Field Names

2001-05-19 Thread Alan Robinson
Do you mean you have two field cast members with the same name? Or two variables with the same name, holding data from a field? If you have two cast members of the same name, Director will always use the first one. If you have them in different casts, you can differentiate them by using the