Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread Terry Judd
On 03/08/2012, at 04:21 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Dr. Hawkins > >> Just to be clear here, it's not the mechanics of getting it there, but >> rather the content format of the message. >> > > I believe the tricks are: > > 1) send the parameters as long names > 2) yo

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Dr. Hawkins > Just to be clear here, it's not the mechanics of getting it there, but > rather the content format of the message. > I believe the tricks are: 1) send the parameters as long names 2) you then have to use 'the text of' to get the numbers 3) you then n

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread dunbarx
Perhaps we are all missing your point. Is a "do" construction in order? Please post again the offending line. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Dr. Hawkins To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 9:15 pm Subject: Re: I can't send a message with a f

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread dunbarx
am missing something... Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Dr. Hawkins To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 6:49 pm Subject: Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM, wrote: > If you do not specify a full pathname

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Bob Sneidar wrote: > The syntax would be > > send "" to field "" of card "" > Just to be clear here, it's not the mechanics of getting it there, but rather the content format of the message. -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslaw

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
The syntax would be send "" to field "" of card "" if it is in the same stack. If it is in another stack, then send "" to field "" of card "" of stack "" Bob On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > The problem is passing the target field as a variable; livecode > handles tgt conta

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 8/2/12 5:48 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM, wrote: If you do not specify a full pathname (or LC-type "pathname"), LC will assume you are on the same card. So just change your code to ...fld tgt of cd "yourcard" [of stack "otherStack"] that works when I spell it o

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM, wrote: > If you do not specify a full pathname (or LC-type "pathname"), LC will assume > you are on the same card. > > > So just change your code to ...fld tgt of cd "yourcard" [of stack > "otherStack"] that works when I spell it out (which is what I did when us

Re: I can't send a message with a field to another handler

2012-08-02 Thread dunbarx
use LiveCode Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 3:25 pm Subject: I can't send a message with a field to another handler I've written functions/handlers to convert between pennies and formatted dollars. I'm trying to write a function or handler that can add them, but am getting caught up in