The recommendation to name objects starting with a letter and then a number
is simply a "must" because as others have pointed out there can be ambiguity
when referencing objects named with simply a number. Two additions to the
excellent ideas:
1) Remember that the object number always refers to its layer. Lower-numbers
are below higher-numbered ones.
2) I have found it very helpful to insert a space before the prefix and the
number when naming objects sequentially -- e.g.: "Cell 1" rather than
"Cell1" -- because then it's a lot easier to find out what number you've
given that object using Rev's "word" chunk later on.
For example, suppose you've created an array of fields this way:
put "Qty,Part Number,Description,Unit Price,Extended Price" into
theHeaders
repeat for each item columnName in theHeaders
repeat with i = 1 to 20
put columnName && i into thisCell -- the && concatenates with a space
between
create fld thisCell
set the rect of fld thisCell to \
startLefts[columnName],rowHeight *
(i-1),startLefts[columnName]+colWidths[columnName],rowHeight * i
set the lockText of fld thisCell to true
end repeat
end repeat
(Leaving out setup of the arrays) Then, when someone clicks on one of the
cells, you can hilight the entire row very simply with this script in the
group:
on mouseup
put the last word of the short name of the target into theLine
repeat for each item columnName in theHeaders
put columnName && theLine into thisCell
set the backgroundColor of fld thisCell to yellow
end repeat
end mouseup
or, less verbosely,
on mouseup
repeat for each item c in theHeaders
set fillBack of fld (c && last word of short name of target) to yellow
end repeat
end mouseup
By using "the last word" you've gotten the number of the corresponding
elements painlessly.
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