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on mouseUp get the dgDataOfLine[2] of grp "yourDG" combine it with return and tab answer it end mouseUp Craig Newman Top -----Original Message----- From: Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 4:36 am Subject: Re: Using the GetDataOfLine function out of the message path? try either send or dispatch for this. dispatch "messageyouwantsenttodatagrid" to group "your datagrid" or send, or call which is a synonym. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Michael Doub <m...@doub.com> wrote: > What do you have in the button that will give you a handle as to which row > you are looking for? Are you always looking for the row in a curtain > position? > > -= Mike > > > > On 2011-12-08, at 12:27 AM, Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab) wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > The LiveCode_Data_Grid.pdf manual states: > > “You need to keep in mind that GetDataOfLine (and GetDataOfIndex) is a > function defined for a Data Grid. That means that the Data Grid group MUST > be in the message path. If the Data Grid group is not in the message path > you would need to use the call command.” > > Would anyone out there be able to provide an example of this? I need to > be able to get the data from a line in a Data Grid form when clicking on a > button that is not part of the Data Grid... > > > > I know how to get the data when the Data Grid group is in the path as > follows: > > > > > > on mouseUp > > put the dgHilitedLines of me into theLine > > put GetDataOfLine(theLine,"FilePath") into thePic > > launch document thePic > > end mouseUp > > > > Thanks, > > > > - Boo > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
