Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
I see bugs sometimes, but usually it is after drinking too much skunk beer. Bob S On Aug 23, 2014, at 14:47 , revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: The crlf was created from my code. The bug is not with Livecode. The bug is staring at my mon

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-23 Thread Mark Wieder
> The crlf was created from my code. The bug is not with Livecode. > The bug is staring at my monitor. LOL -- -Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-23 Thread revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com
The crlf was created from my code. The bug is not with Livecode. The bug is staring at my monitor. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
revolution wrote: > Thanks everyone for your ideas. They got me looking again at the > combobox list of cardnames. This button was generated & populated > through a script. At the end of each line is a crlf which on the > Mac leaves an unprintable char at the end of the line. So the > spaces and

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-22 Thread revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com
Thanks everyone for your ideas. They got me looking again at the combobox list of cardnames. This button was generated & populated through a script. At the end of each line is a crlf which on the Mac leaves an unprintable char at the end of the line. So the spaces and tildes were not the problem

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-22 Thread Mark Schonewille
Probably, calling a control "The short name" is also a bad idea ;-) -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/46

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi, "card" is part of the name, but not of the short name. A correct card reference is card "The short name" This would be the complete name of the card and you can use it directly in a script: go card "The short name" put (there is a card "The short name") There are a few things I would

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread Devin Asay
On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:02 AM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: > On 8/20/2014, 8:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: >> Why doesn't this code work? >> >> on menuPick pItemName >> go card pItemName >> end menuPick >> >> where the comboBox has a list of card names. >

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com
On 8/20/2014, 8:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: > Why doesn't this code work? > > on menuPick pItemName >go card pItemName > end menuPick > > where the comboBox has a list of card names. >>Set a breakpoint at the "go" line and when it pauses, see what's in >>pItemName an

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread Brahmanathswami
I had a very obscure bug some time back where the style of the button was causing the pull down not to work... some GUI property of the button made if failtry the same thing in a different button.. J. Landman Gay wrote: On 8/20/2014, 8:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote:

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-20 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 8/20/2014, 8:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: Why doesn't this code work? on menuPick pItemName go card pItemName end menuPick where the comboBox has a list of card names. Set a breakpoint at the "go" line and when it pauses, see what's in pItemName and whether ther

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-20 Thread Paul Hibbert
Works fine for me in LC 5.5.5, LC 6.6.2 & LC 7.0(dp10) on Mac OS X 10.8.5 and in LC 6.6.2 on Windows 7. Do you see any kind of error? Paul On 2014-08-20, at 6:08 PM, revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com wrote: > Why doesn't this code work? > > on menuPick pItemName > go card pItemName > en

Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-20 Thread revolut...@duncansoftware.on-rev.com
Why doesn't this code work? on menuPick pItemName go card pItemName end menuPick where the comboBox has a list of card names. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your