Slice Name

Question

If you use "Save Selected Slices...", images with the slice name, or slice index are output to the file system.
If a user opens the "Save for Web..." dialog and double clicks on a slice a user can enter a slice name. The following code picks this slice name up for each slice:
ASSliceSettings settings;
ai::int32 *sliceList;
ai::int32 numSlices;
sAISlicing->GetSelectedSliceList(&sliceList, &numSlices);
for(int i=0; i<numSlices; i++) {
    sAISlicing->GetSliceSettings(sliceList[i], &settings);
    char* hName;
    sAIPlatformMemory->Lock(settings.hName, (void**) &hName);
    printf("%s\n", hName);
    sAIPlatformMemory->UnLock(settings.hName);
The problem is that hName has a blank value when a user did not supply a name to a given slice. So how do I go about getting the slice index in this case? The slice id is a huge number and the slice position does not match the slice index.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Answer 1

You mean the object name in the Properties panel? It is a bit
cramped down there, but did you know that's the same thing as the
object name in the layers panel? I never use that little textbox
for that very reason, I prefer just using the layers panel. Double
click the slice name in the layers panel (which by default says
"Slice") and you can name it right there, exact same thing as using
the Properties panel. And you can even drag out the panel width
just like you want. :)
Hope that helps!