I've noticed that the message box world has been little strange for some commands.
In the past, answer "Prompt" in the msg box would *not*show the dialog but answer "Prompt"; put it * does* show the answer dialog I have not checked this since 4.0 sqb On 22 December 2010 11:56, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > David Bovill wrote: > > Anyone got a reason for this being Appropriate behavior? >> >> dispatch "beep" to this cd -- no beep >> >>> send "beep" to this cd -- a beep >>> >> > Interestingly, running this in the Message Box: > > dispatch "beep" to this cd; put it > > ...yields "unhandled" > > You get the same with any build-in command, e.g.: > > dispatch "go next" to this cd; put it > > Whether this is a weakness in the engine or the documentation is a question > of intention: > > Is "dispatch" designed to handle only custom handlers? It appears to be, > and if that's what's intended it's working fine and all that's needed is a > note in the docs clarifying that. > > But if the intention was that it could be used for built-in commands too > then there appears to be a bug in the engine. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
