Using a space char is a personal programming choice, and certainly not a bad one. My preference is to use a "0" as a pad character, especially for date strings, object names, file names, and folder names.
Thus I use the less convenient form of put columnName & ( char -2 to -1 of ("0"& i) ) into thisCell by not using spaces in field names, you do not have to use quotes, such as put 451 into fld cellValue01 vs fld "cellValue 1" put 23 into fld cellValue02 vs fld "cellValue 2" put 254 into fld cellValue99 vs fld "cellValue 99" again, personal preference. ---------- start copy here put the short date into temp convert temp to dateitems get (char -2 to -1 of item 1 of temp) get it & (char -2 to -1 of ("0"&item 2 of temp)) get it & (char -2 to -1 of ("0"&item 3 of temp)) put it into msg ------------ stop copy here Paste these lines into the multiline message box and hit the enterkey. --> 070419 caution: the msgbox does not like put fld dataToWrite01 into url ("file:"& it &"invoices.txt") --> defaultFoler/070419invoices.txt I also have the habit of double-clicking to hilight the field name to copy and paste, therefore spaces would be less desirable for me. One of the good things about Rev is that you can develop more of a coding style that makes sense to you and just go for it. Jim Ault Las Vegas On 4/19/07 5:13 PM, "Bill Marriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution