how to determine the object type to pass to createInstance

    function createObject(typeName,x,y) {
        var type = null;
        for( var i=0; i<runtime.types_by_index.length; ++i ) {
            if( runtime.types_by_index[i].name === typeName ) {
                type = runtime.types_by_index[i];
            }
        }
        var layer = runtime.getLayerByName("game-elements");
        var object = runtime.createInstance(type,layer);
        return object;
    };
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This code works just fine in the development environment. I pass the [b]typeName[/b] of the object, like "cardBackground" or "playButton" and voila, new instances. However, when I export the project to an HTML5 website this code no longer works. This is because the [b]name[/b]s of the types appear to have been transformed. The new names are strings like "t0" or "t1".

So what is the best way to locate an object instance (or perhaps an instance-type) to use when calling runtime.createInstance?

cr.plugins_.Rex_Nickname.AddNickname = function(nickname, objtype)
{
    cr.plugins_.Rex_Nickname.nickname2objtype[nickname] = {sid:objtype.sid, index:-1};
    cr.plugins_.Rex_Nickname.sid2nickname[objtype.sid.toString()] = nickname;
};[/code:38jvi0km]

But I think this leaves me with the same problem I asked about in the OP. See, I don't know how to get a reference a specific objtype. Or to be more precise, I can get references to lots of object types, but I don't know how to tell them apart. I don't know which one is "cardBackground" and which one is "cardText".

When you say "user need to link the string name and the object type by action", do you mean the user playing the game?