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Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:33 am**

Hi to all,

Sorry for this simple question but any idea how do I refer objects from a group ?
I want to place an handler in a group which init all its child objects.
This script example below (in the group) explain a bit:

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on initAll
    send initYourSelf to objects of me    
end initAll

I suppose this code won't work, even if the syntax seems OK, as the <objects> keyword in the dictionnary doesn't match exactly my needs...
I've seen in the dictionnary that they talk about "objectList", under the group page, but I didn't find any "objectList" entry...

Thanks for your help,
Regards, Jean-Paul.

Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:38 am**

To go further I also tried this in the command box, without success

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put the list of objects of group "grp_lesCoches"

Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:38 am**

Nearly there

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repeat with i = 1 to the number of controls of group "grp_lesCoches"
      send "initYourself" to control i of group "grp_lesCoches"
end repeat

You can also do appropriate actions such as initialising only buttons (given a suitable naming convention)

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repeat with i = 1 to the number of controls of group "grp_lesCoches"
      if the short name of control i of group "grp_lesCoches" begins with "btn" then
            send "initYourself" to control i of group "grp_lesCoches"
      end if
end repeat

or you could do the same but specifying whether the long name includes button or field etc.(although that would be completely unnecessary, as you would just repeat with i = 1 to the number of buttons of group "grp_lesCoches", but you get the idea, I hope).

Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:53 am**

The "number of controls ", didn't know that; fantastic !
Yes, I got the idea, and thanks a lot, SparkOut, for this great lesson

Regards, Jean-Paul.

Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:08 am**

I still wish we had a

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repeat for each control tControl of this card

type option

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