Pete, That's why we have custom properties.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 2 jul 2011, at 18:43, Pete wrote: <snip> > Since those are pretty cryptic strings, I use the button labels to show a > more meaningful description to the user and then store the names of the > buttons (%m, %D, etc) in a date format string in my preferences file. That > way, I can pass the date definition string directly to my date formatting > handler. Next time the preferences card is opened, I need to get the > settings from the prefs file and set the appropriate buttons, and that's > where the problem arose. <snip> _______________________________________________ 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