Thanks Jacqueline, I knew there would be an easier way! Does that work if the group doesn't yet exist? I know that wasn't in my original post but it is something I need to account for.
Pete Haworth On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:10 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/17/11 7:59 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> I have a need to add a specific control to an existing group. The following >> works but I'm curious if there's a better/easier way? >> >> select group "Test" >> put "group " into mycommand >> repeat for each line myId in the selectedObjects >> put myID&& "AND " after mycommand >> end repeat >> put the long ID of button "Button" after myCommand >> do myCommand > > Try: > copy control 1 to grp x > > Substitute a control reference for "control 1". > > If you don't need the original control after it's been copied to the group, > delete it. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
