Ghost groups !

[jmburnod]

Hi All,
I don't know how i have made it but it seems I have created 7 bg groups called "grNavigation".
I can see their script when I search an handler by the search tools included in the script window.
BUT
Not when I search it by the Find and replace of the edit menu. The result return only one group called "grNavigation".
And not in the project browser
I checked the id of all groups called "grNavigation" and all have the same id for each group called "grNavigation".
Is there someone who has met this strange behavior ?
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[dunbarx]

Jean-Marc.

All seven have the same id???

You see seven different scripts???

What happens if you quit and restart LC?

Craig

[jmburnod]

Hi Craig,

All seven have the same id???

When I get the id of all groups called "grNavigation" by script I get the same id for each

You see seven different scripts???

Yes

What happens if you quit and restart LC?

That changes nothing
Very strange, that is the first time I see this case
Jean-Marc

[dunbarx]

Jean-Marc.

So if you execute something like:

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repeat with y = 1 to the number of groups
put the id of group y into line y of groupIDList
end repeat

You get those seven id's.

And I suppose that:

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answer the number of groups

gives you 7? (Never mind any other groups that might exist on the card)

This is a good one...

Craig

[jmburnod]

Hi Craig,

You get those seven id's.

No. I get one line with one id
Fortutately that is the bg script i use (id 1012)

When I use:

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on allGrInstack pName
   put empty into rt
   set the lockmessages to true
   put the num of cds into nbc
   repeat with i = 1 to nbc
      open cd i
      repeat with z = 1 to the num of groups of cd i
         put i  & "," & the short name of group z of cd i & "," &  the short id of group z of cd i & cr after rt
         wait 1 milliseconds
      end repeat
   end repeat
   set the lockmessages to false
   if pName <> empty then
      filter rt with "*" & pName & "*"
   end if
   put rt
end allGrInstack

I get this (I have 10 cds with bg group "grNavigation"
1,grNavigation,1012
2,grNavigation,1012
3,grNavigation,1012
4,grNavigation,1012
5,grNavigation,1012
6,grNavigation,1012
7,grNavigation,1012
8,grNavigation,1012
9,grNavigation,1012
10,grNavigation,1012

I put "--" before all lines of all others groups called "grNavigation".
My stack works but I want cleaning it...

Jean-Marc

[jacque]

Those are all instances of the same group, placed on each card. They are not different groups. Your script asked for the groups on each card, and that will include the background group that is placed.

[richmond62]

I have had this sort of problem when I have made a group to export something as a PNG image, have then ungrouped the group and deleted its component parts,
the group remains . . . as a result I have to select it via the prop inspector and hit the DELETE button on my keyboard.

[jmburnod]

Hi Richmond,
Thank for this.

I have had this sort of problem when I have made a group to export something as a PNG image, have then ungrouped the group and deleted its component parts,

Interesting I export some groups as png file

I have to select it via the prop inspector and hit the DELETE button on my keyboard.

I can't do that. That is only by search script tools that I can see them
Jean-Marc

[jmburnod]

Hi All,
I changed the name of group I can see in project browser and the ghost group has disapeared.
But I discover an other ghost group I can't delete by this way
I don't know yet I made it
Best regards
Jean-Marc