Variable assignment

[MadDogDean]

Hi to all and hope everyone is enjoying the season!

I was looking through some old samples and came across this. In a "Drag & Drop" app, a button on the page had been assigned to a variable:

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sObject = this;

How does this variable assignment work and what is the scope of using it? Can a variable be applied to an object in this way myVariable=this on any type of object?

I tried to look up more info in the Manual and the Lua manual, but didn't get anywhere.

Thanks for any insight.

Cheers,
Dean

[Centauri Soldier]

this simply references the object name upon which it is used.

So, if you have a checkbox named "CheckBox1" and a script on it that stores this in a global variable, that global will now contain the string "CheckBox1".

Hope that helps.

[MadDogDean]

Thanks CS.

How would you assign this variable name? In your example of the CheckBox1, where would you assign a variable to this item?

Alternatively, if I had a Label "Label1", how would I assign a variable to "Label1" (using the myVariable=this idea) without entering, clicking, etc the label? Or is myVariable=this used more so when applying a variable name to an object during an action/event?

And lastly can you define the variable as a Local variable this way as well?

I don't have a particular usage in mind, just trying to understand things a little better

Cheers,
Dean

[Centauri Soldier]

local MyVariable = this; 

or

MyVariable = this; 

[Imagine Programming]

Dean,

Is this in the scrolling script you were talking about? this is no keyword, it's also a variable (local to the scope it is in), however if you make a global variable (so no local keyword) you will be able to use it everywhere.