Stupid one - how do you rename a control?

[admin12]

In the property inspector, there is a NAME category.

When I clone a block, I want to change the name - so rectDrum would be cloned and renamed to rectDrum2, etc.

How is this done. Is this a bad idea? Eventually, I am going to want to mix all the blocks of all the drags into a two track wave file. I am sure it is better to put everything into an array. Someone helped me out with that, I just have to understand how to apply it. Arrays are so different in Live Code. I just don't get them yet.

Mike

[shaosean]

Take a look at the name property.

[admin12]

grrr. I know. I tried.

set name of rect "rectDrum" to rect "rectDrum2"

does not work.

What is the proper syntax?

Mike

[mwieder]

You know, I was gonna send you back to the documentation again, but I just looked and the examples there aren't really that straightforward. The crux of the matter is that you have to set the name to a string. Giving an object reference isn't enough. So in your example you'd want

set name of rect "rectDrum" to "rectDrum2"

but given what you're trying to accomplish you will probably want to end up with something more like

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clone rect "rectDrum"
set the name of it to "rectDrum2"

or

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clone rect "rectDrum"
set the name of it to "rectDrum" & tDrumNumber

or even

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put "rectDrum" into tRectangleToBeCloned
clone rect tRectangleToBeCloned
set the name of it to (the name of tRectangleToBeCloned) & tDrumNumber

[admin12]

I assume I have to global tDrumNumber

and then add one to it each time?

Thank you for your help. Yes, the examples in the dictionary and guide don't help.

Mike

[bn]

Hi Mike,
did you try:

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set name of grc "rectDrum" to  "rectDrum2"

instead of

set name of rect "rectDrum" to rect "rectDrum2"

rect is not an object, it is a property or a tool.

Kind regards

Bernd

[admin12]

I get an error:

on mouseDown
add 1 to tDrumNumber
put "rectDrum" into tRectangleToBeCloned
clone rect tRectangleToBeCloned
set the name of it to (the name of tRectangleToBeCloned) & tDrumNumber
end mouseDown

in the line: put "rectDrum" into tRectangleToBeCloned

The name of the rectangle is "rectDrum"

What is wrong?

Mike

[admin12]

grc does not work and this code below does not work:

on mouseDown
add 1 to tDrumNumber
put "rectDrum" into tRectangleToBeCloned
clone tRectangleToBeCloned
set the name of it to (the name of tRectangleToBeCloned) & tDrumNumber
end mouseDown

How do I make it work - seems very logical to me. This Live Code syntax is so tough to get a hold of after programming other languages.

Mike

[bn]

Hi Mike,

could you try:

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clone graphic tRectangleToBeCloned

instead of

clone rect tRectangleToBeCloned

kind regards

Bernd

[admin12]

And the winner is . . .

on mouseDown
add 1 to tDrumNumber
put "rectDrum" into tRectangleToBeCloned
clone graphic tRectangleToBeCloned
--set the name of it to (the name of tRectangleToBeCloned) & tDrumNumber
set name of it to "rectDrum" & tDrumNumber
end mouseDown

That works.

Mike