parent_script_name

the name of a parent script > Given a child object, is there a way to determine the name of the parent > script cast member from which it was instanced? Here's the traditional D7 way: -- Welcome to Director -- obj = script("parent script").new() the itemDelimiter = QUOTE put string(obj.string.item[2]) -- "parent script" However in D8 there are new methods for finding out things about a script: 1. obj.script - this returns a script reference for the parent script 2. obj.handlers() - returns a list of handlers in the object 3. obj.handler(#name) - returns true if the handler is in the object 4. script.rawNew() - instances a parent script without calling new Cool stuff for lingo geeks like me. :-) For example if I want to duplicate an object I can use this simple handler: on clone child parent = child.script clone = parent.rawNew() numProps = count(child) repeat with i = 1 to numProps propName = child.getPropAt(i) propValue = child[i] clone[propName] = propValue end repeat return clone end This only performs a shallow copy - any references that are stored in a property will point to the same list, ancestor, etc. To make a 'deep' copy of an object then check the ilk of the property value and duplicate accordingly.