OK, thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I have everything working now.
There doesn't appear to be very much documentation on this, so in case it helps other combobox neophytes, here's a summary of what I found. The menuPick message can be processed just like any other menuPick message. In the closeField message: - References to "me" relate to the combobox button; the label property contains the value typed in, the text property contains the combobox choices - References to "the target" relate to the combobox field, the label property is empty, and the text property contains the value typed in. I still don't know what the dictionary means by "the text box at the top of the combobox". I just type over any value displayed in the combobox and it gets changed. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:04 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 6/30/11 3:24 PM, Pete wrote: > >> How do I get hold of the text the user just typed in, for example to set >> the menuhistory using a lineOffset function? >> > > It's the label. > > -- > 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<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
