Thanks, Ray! That is just what I wanted! I do need to come up with a growth plan for when a future version of LiveCode does break it. (And maybe by then I'll have my script filter working.)
Dar On May 3, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > On May 1, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > >> Hi, Mark! >> >> You hit the nail on the head. >> >> You work with desktop externals, right? They don't have this limitation. >> Since iOS externals do have the limitation, I'm not going to go that way. >> >> Here is a goofy solution: >> >> function darzCommand >> get 123 >> return "put " & it & " into it" >> end darzCommand > > Trevor had a great (although sneaky) solution, posted a couple of years back > (thank you, Scripter's Scrapbook!): > > He wanted to run a custom handler and have it set the value of "it" > independently from "the result". The example he wanted to make work was: > > GrabSomeWebData > put the result into theError > > if theError is empty then > -- 'it' contains the data from the web > end if > > To do this, he has a special handler that "GrabSomeWebData" would call that > uses the debugcontext to work its magic (I've shortened some of his global > names for clarity in email): > > private command _SetValueOfItInCaller pValue > global gTempStorageForHandlerLocalVar > > ## Store value in global > put pValue into gTempStorage > > ## Store current debugcontext (debugger uses this) > put the debugcontext into theContext > > ## the executionContexts is the list of handlers in the chain. > ## This handler would be line -1. > ## The handler that called this handler is -2. > ## The handler that you want to set "it" in is -3 > set the debugcontext to line -3 of the executioncontexts > > ## Make the global gTempStorage available > ## within context of handler we want to set "it" in. Then set it to the > ## global var > debugdo "global gTempStorage;put gTempStorage into it" > > ## restore debugcontext > set the debugcontext to theContext > > ## cleanup > delete global gTempStorage > end _SetValueOfItInCaller > > I haven't tested it in LC 5.x, but I don't think anything's changed that > would prevent it from working, > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.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
