Hi Jim, thanks for your coaching. I wasn' t aware that sending the mousup message wouldn't trigger the needed event. So I was correct that I have to script both the message and the event. Thank you Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Jim Ault > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011 17:02 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup? > > > > On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > when sending: send "mouseup" to btn "test" the button gets the > > mouseUp > > command, but doesn't hilite, though it's property Autohilite is true. > > > > Do I really have to set additionally the hilite of that button by > > script? > > > > I also have "pass mouseUp" in the buttons mouseUp handler and I am > > getting > > "exit" as the result in the message box > > > > What am I missing? Why do I get "exit" in the message box? > > > mouseUp is a LCode message, not an event. > > just as 'mouseUpIwantToTrap' is a message you could send to an object, > or a stack script, or a back script, etc. > > Clicking on a checkbox will both send the message and perform the event. > set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" to true > > Sending the 'mouseUp' message will work just fine even if the check > box is hidden, on a different card, or on a card in a different > stack. The same goes for setting the hilite. > > send "mouseUp" to btn id 1022 of card id 1446 of stack "Survey > Questions" > > set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" of card id 1446 of stack "Survey > Questions" to true > > > Hope this helps > ----------------- > Why not step through your code and see what happens in the flow of the > script? > It sounds like 'pass mouseUp' is triggering the 'exit' string. > > Hope this helps > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
