[Tb] Re: Attributes and user attributes

At 5:07 PM +0100 3/26/04, jcherfas__AT__mac.com wrote:
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>I can't find any documentation of the use of $ in front of an attribute.

You're right! It's in the release notes- though:

        Actions: Assigning attributes to attributes

And we'll get it into the manual. Thanks.

>When I placed HTMLExportFileName=$Name into the agent action of an
>Agent the it has absolutely no effect on value of HTMLExportFileName
>of either the Agent or the Notes it collects.

        It has no effect on the agent, because agents never collect themselves.

        It *does* set the value of HTMLExportFileName to the name of
the note. I just tested this (Tinderbox 2.2b1, fwiw)

>Using HTMLExportFileName=$title as part of the OnAdd of the Agent
>sets the HTMLExportFileName pg notes its collects to "$title"

        "title" is not a system attribute, so (unless you made a new
User attribute called "title") $title is not evaluated. Remember
that case is significant.

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