SetButtonName(id, name)

[Bugala]

It would be nice to have a way to change Buttons ID, or even better, set a name for them (which could be later on changed the same way as layers names)

For I am actually right now having bit of a problem with my code that I need to rewrite since I only now noticed i cant change buttons ID.

For so far my program had relied on knowing which button number was being pressed, and that way knowing which layer etc. to move.

But now that I am removing a button from middle, it is going to be very problematic since so far I had made the program to be in way that there was always numbers from 1 to n available for layers and all, and now it seems i need to rethink the system.

[PEB]

Creating a custom name by using Nil in the id with MakeButton() doesn't do what you want?

[Bugala]

hmm, didnt notice that one before.

the problem with my program is that i use things like:

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for n = 1 to numberofbuttons
   do something for ("buttonlayer"..n)
   do something for ("buttonhighlightlayer"..n)
next

or

function OnMouseUp(msg)
do something for ("buttonlayer"..msg.id)

The rest of the program works in way that if button2 is removed, then layers 3 and 4 are renamed as "layer2" and "layer3" making things go again in way of 1, 2 and 3. (to make usage of for n = 1 to x working)

So if i remove button id 2 and layer2 then problem comes when i mexecuting for n = 1 to numberofbuttons, for it would try to do something not just for layers 1, 3 and 4, but also for number 2 that doesnt exist anymore.

But I might be able to figure out some solution based upon that NIL feature, for i suppose it works in way that if i have buttons 1, 3 and 4, then using NIL would fill the number 2.

[PEB]

You should probably read the documentation dealing with the auto ID selection.