Thanks to Jacque's suggestions, I was able to construct a stack that lets you
display a random page from the Dictionary.
I just uploaded it to RevOnline as "Dictionary Random Picks."
It is a simple stack but there is always room for improvement.
Please let me have your thoughts for any changes.
Have fun exploring the Dictionary.
Bob
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:26:16 -0600
From: "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>
Subject: Re: Random button for Dictionary
On 1/9/11 9:47 PM, Bob Cole wrote:
I am often delighted to learn new techniques through this livecode-dev list and
the use-livecode list. There are many commands and features of LiveCode the I
know well but I think there are numerous capabilities that I simply do not
know, yet. In reading these lists, I use the dictionary frequently. There is
so much information in it that I sometimes think it would be nice to have a
"Random" button in the dictionary's tool bar that will display a random page.
It would be a fun way to explore.
Alternatively, is the Dictionary a stack (it does not show in the stacksInUse
result) or does it have an API so we could create our own Random button?
This sounded like a cool idea. It's easy to do. Make a stack with a list
field and a button. Load the list field with dictionary entries (you can
do this from the message box):
put the commandnames &cr & the functionnames &cr& the propertynames
into fld 1
That'll get most of the terms I think, except for control structures. In the
button:
on mouseUp
set the hilitedline of fld 1 to random(the number of lines in fld 1)
revDocumentationGo (the selectedtext of fld 1)
end mouseUp
I may use this myself in my copious free time. :)
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
_______________________________________________
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
