Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Thank you to all that replied to my question--my learned and esteemed colleagues! I got an education, and got the job done! Thanks again, Peter Bogdanoff UCLA On Jul 25, 2015, at 11:49 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/25/2015 9:22 AM, Sri wrote: >> The parenthesis placements are key in such

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/25/2015 9:22 AM, Sri wrote: The parenthesis placements are key in such references as they change the order of command processing. For example: 1. Create a button "Test1" of width 82 (say) 2. Create a field "Field1" of width 168 (say) containing the text: /button "Test1"/ 3. Type into messag

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread Sri
(very) descriptive names to my objects! Regards, Sri. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Referencing-a-control-name-tp4694325p4694341.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread Sri
. Am I missing something? Sri. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Referencing-a-control-name-tp4694325p4694340.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread Thierry Douez
swer: 82 > > Regards, > Sri > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Referencing-a-control-name-tp4694325p4694334.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ___

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread EED-wp Email
of field "Field1" > Answer: 168 > 4. Type into message box > put the width of (field "Field1") > Answer: 82 > > Regards, > Sri > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.27

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-25 Thread Sri
ge box put the width of field "Field1" Answer: 168 4. Type into message box put the width of (field "Field1") Answer: 82 Regards, Sri -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Referencing-a-control-name-tp4694325p4694334.html Sent

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-24 Thread Dick Kriesel
> On Jul 24, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > > I want to reference that data like this: > > set the width of to item 2 of > line 1 of field “MyField” > > How do I script the stuff inside the <> ? Sometimes that item will be a > field, graphic, etc. > Hi, Peter. You coul

RE: Referencing a control name

2015-07-24 Thread Ralph DiMola
2015 8:06 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Referencing a control name Hi all, I have this data in a field "MyField": button "Home",37,26,2,699 I want to reference that data like this: set the width of to item 2 of line 1 of field "MyField&quo

Re: Referencing a control name

2015-07-24 Thread Mark Schonewille
First put the reference into a variable and then Set the width of myVar to x -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com Op 25 jul. 2015 om 02

Referencing a control name

2015-07-24 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Hi all, I have this data in a field "MyField": button "Home",37,26,2,699 I want to reference that data like this: set the width of to item 2 of line 1 of field “MyField” How do I script the stuff inside the <> ? Sometimes that item will be a field, graphic, etc. Having a br