Thanks Trevor. I just did that very thing as a workaround until I heard back so the workaround now becomes the solution!
Pete Haworth
http://www.mollysrevenge.com http://www.sonicbids.com/MollysRevenge http://www.myspace.com/mollysrevengeband On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@mollysrevenge.com>wrote: > >> Here's an outline of what I'm trying to do. I've used a custom version of >> the default header behavior to display a popup menu when the user clicks on >> a datagrid header. That all works fine. When The user selects a menu item >> from the popup, I have a menuPick handler in the script of the popup menu >> that processes the choice and that's where I need to get access the >> properties I mentioned. >> > > What I do in these situations is store the object reference as a custom > property of the popup button before I display it. > > on mouseDown > ... > set the uHeaderControl of button "Popup" to the dgHeaderControl of the > target > popup button "Popup" > end mouseDown > > Then in the menuPick handler you have access to the object. > > on menuPick pChosen > switch pChosen > case "something" > put the uHeaderControl of me into theHeaderControl > .... > .... > end menuPick > > Regards, > > > -- > > Trevor DeVore > > Blue Mango Learning Systems > > www.bluemangolearning.com - www.screensteps.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 >
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