What I see is workaround for what is a bug in LC. Definitely need to figure out a solution but report this to the QCC Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Mark Talluto <[email protected]>wrote: > You can use the following messages to capture the delete and prevent it > from passing by checking if is one of the objects you wish to protect. > > deleteKey > backspaceKey > > --example > on deleteKey > if "protect me" is in the short name of the selobj then > --do not delete > else > pass deleteKey > end deleteKey > > > Best regards, > > Mark Talluto > http://www.canelasoftware.com > > > > > On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Art DiVito wrote: > > > I need to prevent users from deleting a control by selecting it with the > pointer tool and hitting the delete key. > > According to the LiveCode dictionary (under "deletefield"), an "undo" > will work for fields. However, this appears to be true for buttons, but NOT > for fields. Thus, > > On deletebutton > > Answer "Can't do that!" > > send "undo" to this card in 5 milliseconds > > end deletebutton > > works fine. However, > > On deletefield > > > > Answer "Can't do that!" > > > > send "undo" to this card in 5 milliseconds > > > > end deletefield > > does NOT work. > > I don't know whether it will work for images (I need to prevent them from > being deleted too). > > What can I do? > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
