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 Post subject: How to identify which Object a User clicks on?
PostPosted: May 4th, 2008, 10:00 am 
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I am lazy. I wondered if there was an easy way to track and use the name of the object a User clicks on.

I know I could add a MouseClick trigger w/ a "GetName()" action/script. But doesn't that require action be created for each object (or call a function from each object)? What if I later modify the pub and add an object and 'forget' I had to make it conform to that approach?

So I played around and came up with one method. Thanks to Mackavi and his 'Click and Grab' function page for pointing the way.

The attached sample illustrates this. The idea being... once I have the name of the User's selection, I can operate on it... or the User can do things to it. It builds-in some logic to ignore if User clicks on whitespace and not an object.

If there are simply ways or something I missed, please post.
Also, this covers regular objects... what has to be changed to handle clones ( instead of Page1.GetChild()...)?

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Larry


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You could use a loop and RegisterEventHandler() to attach a callback function to objects which calls another function with this.GetName() as a parameter. This has the same efect as your first suggestion but by scripting it you can automate the process and add objects in the furture.

So if you named your object "ClickMe1", "ClickMe2" etc and wrote a loop that eumerated those objects if you add another one in the future it would get the callback added. Or put them all in a frame and just do a GetNextChild() loop.

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Thanks, Duncan

Coming up for a breather are we?
Glad to hear things are progressing well there.

I'll look into your alternate method... it'll have to be some time later. I am not quite tuned-in. I'm off that right now and working out some other 'challenges'. What you outlined is a bit abstract for me at the moment... but am sure it will clear up when I come back to it. Thanks.

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