Adding variable information to Designer Objects

[Former Community Member]

Hey Everyone!



So for a script I'm writing, it would be really useful to have long and short names for each checkbox. I would love to be able to do is use the shortname for the caption, but store the longname somewhere accessible, but attached to the checkbox. for instance, if I could write some javascript that looks like this:



app.alert( checkBox.shortName ); // Prints the shortName of the checkBox

app.alert( checkBox.longName ) ; // Prints the longNAme of the checkBox



I've wrapped an individual checkbox in a subform which lets me add variables to the subform (and thus to the checkbox) but it's cumbersome to manipulate (for instance, i can't seem to select the checkbox and its subform into the library).



Does anyone have any advice for this seemingly simple task?? please?



thanks a bunch!

dave

[Former Community Member]

Easiest way is to open up Check Box.xfo in a text editor and add a new XML tag there, and then save the new xfo to the custom directory so it will show up in the custom object tab.<br /><br />You can find Check Box.xfo at /Documents and Settings/userName/Application Data/Adobe/Designer/en/object/standard.<br /><br />I've attached an example where I added a <longName> tag to the field, and changed the name to Check Box Long Name. You won't get support for this from the UI, but you can set/get the value via script. IE:<br /><br />CheckBox.longName = "whatever";<br /><br />app.alert(CheckBox.longName);<br /><br />Chris<br />Adobe Enterprise Developer Support