Seems like "this card" would be useful, or, you could just get the long name of the object which contains a small to big list of owning objects starting with the object itself.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > Every now and again, I wonder why certain properties are not available in > LC. The ones that puzzles me the most are the owning card and owning stack > of an object. > > Maybe it's just the kind of tools I write but I frequently need to get that > information. > > I have written a couple of handlers to get that information but it just > seems like there should be a property that does it for you, maybe > "ownerStack" and "ownerCard". > > I've tried a couple of different ways of getting that information and > curious how other people do it. I'm sure there are a lot of people who > have written the same handlers! > > I have a recursive function that traverses up the chain of owner properties > until it gets to a card or stack, and another one that parses the long name > of a control to get the information. I think I prefer the recursive > function > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > _______________________________________________ > 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
