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?

    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;
    };
[/code:1v5c1z11]

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?

function createObject( type, x, y ) {
  var layer = runtime.running_layout.layers[type.default_layerindex];
  var object = runtime.createInstance(type,layer);
  object.x = x;
  object.y = y;
  return object;
}
[/code:1z76hlya]

The placement algorithm uses this function to put the text objects on the layout. Works like a charm. But the object does not have a Text property, so I cannot set the object text. In the debugger the object's constructor is shown as pluginProto.Instance and the text properties (Text, Font, Color, etc.) are not available.

So how do I modify the Text-specific object properties?

Also, is this kind of information in the documentation somewhere? I haven't been able to find a good reference for creating and manipulating objects from a plugin. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms?