Just for my own education, what is it about the standard mark and unmark commands that doesn't achieve what Tim wants to do? I might want to use those commands in the future and if they should be avoided for some reason, I'd like to know! Thanks, Pete
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Hey pretty clever. You could even trap for newCard and deleteCard to add > and delete entries in the custom Property. That way you wouldn't have to > repeat through all the cards again except for maintenance. > > It looks like the repeat loop is getting the value of a shared field on > each of the cards. Couldn't you just set the property array element to empty > for each card to initialize it, then have a custom function markme(theMark) > which would simply set the array element to whatever you passed in theMark? > > Bob > > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Jim Ault wrote: > > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > >> I don't think the property thing will work because I don't think you can > find a card with a property or enumerate them as such. (This AIN'T > Applescript man!" > >> > > The 'property thing' does not refer to the CARD properties, > > but the customProperties of the STACK > > > > ---- tested in a working stack ------------------ > > --note fld statusCode is NOT shared > > -- flds desiredCodeString notnowCodeString > > -- ARE SHARED > > -- fld output is NOT shared > > -- all fields are in a group that behaves as backgound > > > > > > on doCustomPropertyRun > > -- I use 'cps' to mean 'cust prop set' > > set the customPropertySet of this stack to "cpsStatusCodes" > > --make this set empty > > set the customkeys of this stack to empty > > > > --you only need to do the repeat when changes are made > > -- or when the stack closes > > repeat with k = 1 to the number of cards > > put word -1 of the short id of card k into thisCdId > > get k & "^" & word 1 to -1 of fld "statusCode" of card k > > replace cr with space in IT > > set the cpsStatusCodes[ thisCdId ] of this stack to IT > > end repeat > > save this stack --if it is run in the IDE, but not if an app > > > > --To get the list of 'marked cards' you would do the following type of > operation > > set the customPropertySet of this stack to "cpsStatusCodes" > > put the customProperties of this stack into statusCodeList > > -- now make a regular list > > combine statusCodeList using cr and "^" > > set the itemdel to "^" > > if field "desiredCodeString" is not empty then > > filter statusCodeList with "*" & field "desiredCodeString" & "*" > > --and now you have a list of cd id's > > end if > > > > if field "notnowCodeString" is not empty then > > filter statusCodeList without "*" & field "notnowCodeString" & "*" > > -- and you have a shorter list if any have been removed > > end if > > -- if you want the card order, use the following > > sort statusCodeList numeric by item 2 of each > > put statusCodeList into fld "output" > > > > --this allows showing a list of hits and changing the final list in > many ways > > end doCustomPropertyRun > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Jim Ault > > Las Vegas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode