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Hi,

Does it matter if two objects are named the same. I currently have this as it makes what I am doing a little easier through script. The parent Frame is named Feature1 and one of it's children is a vector also named Feature1, see screenshot.

Will this cause problems or increase the possibility of crashes?

Thanks

Having any two Objects and/or Pages with the same name is a "train wreck" waiting to happen. NEVER do that! It might seem like everything is OK, but it's not.

In the Organizer, if you name a Page "Module (1)" (without the quotes) then highlight and Duplicate it, the copy will automatically be named "Module (2)." OPUS will automatically keep incrementing the names for you. The same is true for Objects. Name a Button "Section (1)". Apply all your customized Properites like Shadow, Mouse Over Triggers & Actions, custom Cursor, whatever. Then each time you copy & paste the Button, it's name will increment [e.g. Section (2), Section (3), Section (4), etc.].

If you have duplicate names, you will have problems especially if you use Variables.

Yes. And I wouldn't think that this is good practice.

The name in the tree is for your reference and use in scripts and if you call an object that has the same name as another Opus will apply the function to the one with the lowest index.

The problems occur if you call a function not suitable for that type of object.

Note that Opus itself uses a unique object ID - which is why if you use actions rather than scripts, Opus knows when the name of an object has changed and applies the action to the right object.

Mack

P.S why does having the same name make it easier?

Ok thanks.

Just need to create a frame around 50 objects, 44 are single object so need to manually create frames.

It won't cause any problems (Opus doesn't use the names internally for anything - they're mainly for your reference). However, as has been mentioned, it can cause issues if you use scripting, and can make selecting objects in action dialogs confusing if you don't know which item you're selecting. The QuickBuild Rename options can be very useful in renaming lots of objects to unique names.

Also don't have objects with the same names as variables - this will also confuse the scripting.