Re: Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

2015-01-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
It probably works with a group because a group can persist even if there are not cards that the group is attached to. Therefore the object containing the handler that is deleting the card is not itself getting deleted because it belongs to a group that still exists after the card is deleted. The

Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

2014-12-31 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
I thank Bob Sneider and Eric Corbett for their suggestions below regarding "delete this card" not working. However, the problem appears more complex. For many years on January 1, I have created a new invoice stack for the new year by deleting the some 2000 cards from the preceding year's stack

Re: Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

2014-12-31 Thread Eric Corbett
You can not delete a control whose script is still running. Try in the button: on mouseUp local tID put the long I'd of this card into tID send "deleteMe tID" to me in 1 milliseconds end mouseUp Then put the deleteMe handler in the stack. - e > On Dec 31, 2014, at 07:36, "stgo

Re: Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

2014-12-31 Thread Bob Sneidar
That is because you are deleting the parent object of the object a running script is on. Try sending in time. Bob S > On Dec 31, 2014, at 07:36 , stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: > > If I want to delete a card using the message box in LC 5.5.3 (on Mac 10.9.5) > it works if I type > > > delete thi

Delete this card command not working in LIvecode 5.5.3

2014-12-31 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
If I want to delete a card using the message box in LC 5.5.3 (on Mac 10.9.5) it works if I type delete this card in the message box. However, I get an error message if I try the same thing from a button on the card or from a script in the stack. This didn't used to be the case. Any sugge