llSetObjectDesc

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Summary

Function: llSetObjectDesc( string desc );

Sets the prims description

• string desc

Caveats

  • The object description is limited to 127 bytes, any string longer then that will be truncated.
  • The pipe character | is not legal in an object's description, it will be replaced by a '?'[1].

Important Issues

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   Name or description change, of an attached object, is rolled back when object is detached

Examples

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

   touch_start(integer total_number)
   {
       string temp;
       temp = llKey2Name(llGetOwner());
       llSetObjectDesc(temp);
   }
}</lsl>

See Also

Functions

•  llGetObjectDesc Gets the prim description.
•  llGetObjectName Gets the prim name.
•  llSetObjectName Sets the prim name.

Articles

•  Limits SL limits and constrictions
•  Prim Attribute Overloading

Deep Notes

All Issues

~ Search JIRA for related Issues
   llSetObjectDesc and editor panel have different description string length limits
   Name or description change, of an attached object, is rolled back when object is detached

Footnotes

  1. ^ This is because the pipe character historically has been used to separate fields in the serialized version of inventory.

Signature

function void llSetObjectDesc( string desc );