Dang, you're good, Jacqueline.
Mark
On May 2, 2009, at 9:47 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richmond Mathewson wrote:
The ONLY problem is that something named 'property' is something
that can be
contained rather than be a property: so, either, somebody has to
cook up a new
name for 'custom properties' (err . . . 'custom thingy' . . .
err . . . come on, somebody
can do better than that), or, somebody has to write a fairly long
bit about how
users have to do mental backflips.
I don't think the shoe has dropped for you yet. *All* properties
contain something, and all are assigned to a specific object (the
assignment is what you are calling "contained by", which probably
isn't exactly the right concept.) Every native property has both a
name and a value, and is attached to an object. Custom properties
are no different. The native property called "name" contains a
string like "myName" and is assigned to the object that has that
name. The property "textColor" contains an RGB value and is assigned
to a button or field you are asking about. The property "location"
contains a set of 2 numbers and is assigned to the object at that
location. The property "myCustomProp" contains whatever value you
want to give it and is assigned to any object you choose.
There is no practical difference, and all are properties. The only
thing that is effectively different is that you can invent your own
property names, assign them to an object of your choice, and fill
them with any value you want to store.
It really is simpler than you're trying to make it. :)
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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