:) it's always great to see how helpful and responsive you guys are, even with such trivial issues! Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto:use-livecode- > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von [email protected] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011 18:15 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup? > > This is actually a good thing. Because the actions are separate, you get more > control. It is therefore proper that if you want to combine them, you write > it that way. > > > > You just have to get used to the details. > > > Craig Newman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tiemo Hollmann TB <[email protected]> > To: 'How to use LiveCode' <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 11:24 am > Subject: AW: How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup? > > > 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: [email protected] [mailto:use-livecode- > > [email protected]] 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 > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > > preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
