Naming objects

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Naming objects

You can assign names to objects and grouped objects. Some script steps and functions use these names to specify which object to act upon.

To name an object:

1.	In Layout mode, select the object or grouped object that you want to name.

For more information, see Selecting objects.

2.	Choose View menu > Object Info.

3.	In the Info palette, type a value for Object Name.

4.	Press Enter, Return, or Tab, or close or click outside the Info palette to apply the object name.

The Info palette floats above document windows, so you can leave it open as you work.

Notes

No two objects can have the same name on the same layout. For information on copying a named object, see Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects.

Objects on different layouts can have the same name.

Object names are not case-sensitive — for example, "Button1" and "button1" are treated as the same object name.

Object names can contain up to 100 characters.

You can assign a name to an individual object or to a grouped object, but not to multiple objects. Individual objects retain their names even if you group them. However, to see or edit the names of individual objects in a group, you must ungroup them first.

The name you give a field in the Manage Database dialog box is independent of the object name that you can give a field in the Info palette.

If you need to automate navigation to an object of any type, assign the object a name and create a script that uses the Go to Object script step. If you have more than one copy of the same field on a layout (for example, the same field on different tab panels), assign an object name to the copy of the field you want to navigate to. Use the Go to Object script step, rather than the Go to Field script step, and refer to the desired copy of the field by its object name rather than by its field name.

You cannot edit the name of a locked object.

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