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partNumber

where integer is in the range 1 through the sum of buttons and fields in the current card or background

The partNumber property retrieves or sets the ordinal position of a button or field (that is, of a part) among the total number of all buttons and fields within the same domain (card or background).

Changing a part's partNumber moves it closer to or farther away from the front.

For example, the order of buttons and fields on a card is as follows:

• button 1
• button 2
• field 1
• field 2
• button 3

The partNumber of field 1 is 3.

Examples

Related Topics

• number (property)

Placeholders

part

An expression that identifies a button or field by its ordinal position among all buttons and fields on the same card or bkgnd.

A button's or field’s part number is available in its Info dialog box; in a script, it is available in the object’s partNumber property.

You can use any of these forms:

[card] part posInteger

[bg] part posInteger

ordinal [card]

[bg] part

card part 5

first card part

last background part

integer

An expression that evaluates to a positive or negative integer or to zero. For example:

In AppleScript, integer is a value class.