Unable to modify object property

Panorama X Beta 10.2
1

I have a Text Display Object named “1Dashboard” in a form. It has a background colour of 0000FF (Blue). When I run a procedure which contains only the code below, the background colour of the object does not change.

let ObNam = "1Dashboard"
object ObNam
changeobjects "$TextBackgroundFill","FFA500"

If I replace the object statement with this:

selectobjects objectinfo("name") contains "dashboard"

… the procedure changes the background colour correctly.

Why is that?

2

I’m not sure why that code is not working for you. However, the object statement is really obsolete at this point. I would suggest that you use this code:

changeobject "1Dashboard","$TextBackgroundFill","FFA500"
3

Obsolete? I suspect it’s moribund. I’ll post an addendum to the documentation.

4

OK, this code doesn’t work either:

let ObNam = "1Dashboard"
changeobject ObNam,"$TextBackgroundFill","FFA500"

I’m sticking with selectobjects and changeobjects.

5

Are you sure you have the right name for the object? When I tried it, it worked perfectly. I notice that when you use selectobjects, you are using contains, and only a portion of the name. It could be that the full name differs slightly in spelling or case, from the name that you are using. Perhaps the full name contains a space at the beginning or end.

6

You are right as always Dave. In amongst my fiddling about I had altered the name of the object. Trying to move too quickly.