multiple object deployment plugin

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magice
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multiple object deployment plugin

Post by magice » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:39 am

recently I wrote an app that required the creation of over 700 image objects 32px by 32px. Each had to have a separate script, and each had to have a unique name. They all had to be positioned to create an exact grid. After making about 5 of them it occurred to me that I could just write a nested repeat loop that would create them for me, name them for me, position them for me and even write the scripts with the necessary adjustments. Since I find myself doing a lot of this sort of repetitive object creation with images, text boxes and labels, I thought I might create a multiple object deployment plugin. However the idea seems so basic, I figured I should ask if someone might have already done it. If so, I don't want to reinvent the wheel. Has anyone made such a plugin, and if so can someone point me in that direction?

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Re: multiple object deployment plugin

Post by Dixie » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:10 am

Magice...

liveCode can already help you here... read about 'behavior' in the dictionary.

be well

Dixie

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