Difference between revisions of "LlSetObjectDesc"

Revision as of 08:53, 21 January 2009

Function: llSetObjectDesc( string desc );

Sets the prims description

• string

desc

The object description is limited to 127 bytes, any string longer then that will be truncated.
According to VWR-437 if you set the description to longer then 256 bytes the object may no longer be rezzable. Use caution if using this field to store data.
The pipe character:'

<lsl>//store the owner's name in the prim description default {

   touch_start(integer total_number)
   {
       string temp;

       temp = llKey2Name(llGetOwner());

       llSetObjectDesc(temp);
   }

}</lsl>

Signature
function void llSetObjectDesc( string desc );

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 |caveats=*The object description is limited to 127 bytes, any string longer then that will be truncated.
 *According to [http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-437 VWR-437] if you set the description to longer then 256 bytes the object may no longer be rezzable. Use caution if using this field to store data.
-*The pipe character is not legal in an object's description, it will be replaced by a '?'.
+*The pipe character:'|' is not legal in an object's description, it will be replaced by a '?'.
 |constants
 |examples=<lsl>//store the owner's name in the prim description

•	Limits	–	SL limits and constrictions
•	Prim Attribute Overloading