Script to delete unwanted cards.

[CAsba]

Hi,
My project includes setting up a new card by copying a card template, then renaming it. LC also creates, at the same time, another, similar card with an id number such as card id 5723439, which can be seen as listed in the project browser.
At a later point in my project the user may be wish to delete the card from the archive, and my project has the facility to do this, by referring to the renamed card's name.
However, the card with id number that was created is not deleted. (Of course, the user does not know or care about this, but the system is fuller with it.)
I tried to add code using wildcard to delete the card with the id number, but without success.

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delete card id *******

Any ideas how solve this ?

[dunbarx]

CAsba.

When you say "LC also creates..." what do you mean? LC does not do this on its own, so are you saying it does? What am I missing?

In other words, are you saying LC creates an extra card each time you explicitly make one?

Craig

[richmond62]

LC also creates, at the same time, another, similar card

well, it will ONLY do that if you have told it to.

A computer can do almost nothing (beyond sitting on a table and looking like a box with some odd holes in its front) unless you tell it to: and remember GIGO.

[CAsba]

I certainly haven't written any code to create tyhe second card; I imagined that it was some built in aspect of LC.

[dunbarx]

CAsba.

No.

You have to have done this somehow. Post your handler?

Craig

[Klaus]

Yes, please post the script!

I just made a quick test and this worked as exspected:

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on mouseUp
   delete card id 1004
   
   ## May give a hint if it does NOT work, will be empty on success
   answer the result
end mouseUp

Maybe you can add the line "answer the result" and see if and what it will tell you.
Where and when do you call that script to delete?
We cannot delete a card that has an object on it while its script is running.

Best

Klaus

[stam]

Why not iterate through all the cards in the stack and delete those where no name is given?

But I do echo Craig’s question, how/why are duplicate cards being created? Seems likely your card creation code has bug…

[CAsba]

The script is

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 go to cd "template2"
   clone cd "template2"
   set the name of card "template2" to fld "d" of cd "start here"
   go to cd fld "d" of cd "start here"

[Klaus]

Hi CAsba,

looks like you are NOT renaming the cd "template2" but the card you want to clone!?
Try this:

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...
## No need to GO there, we can clone the card anyway
## go to cd "template2"

## First put the new name into a variable!
## This elmininates extra typing and makes it easier to debug, if neccessary.
put fld "d" of cd "start here" into tNewCardName

## We can already add the new name for the clone to this command:
clone cd "template2" AS tNewCardName
go cd tNewCardName
...

This should eliminate the need of deleting unwanted cards.

P.S.
"wildcards" do not work with "delete"!

Best

Klaus

[stam]

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clone cd "template2" AS tNewCardName

Klaus is spot on - alternatively you can use the long ID generated for the new object by the clone command, which is stored in the 'it' variable, so you could use something like:

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clone card "template2"
set the short name of it to <new_name>

But personally would go with clone card as <new_name> as Klaus suggest, keeps things simpler...

[CAsba]

Many thanks both - good to know you're still here !

[Klaus]

You're welcome!

And I'm always here.

Please tell us if this:

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clone cd "template2" AS tNewCardName

fixed the problem for you.