Yeah. The d subscript needs to be calculated based on i. (Or the loop changed so the line subscript is is based on the d subscript. (In my version, I cheated and just deleted lines as I used them.)
Dar On May 8, 2012, at 12:32 PM, John Dixon wrote: > > that won't work... > >> >> repeat with i = 1 to 200 step 2 >> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line i of fld "in" >> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line i+1 of fld "in" >> end repeat >> >> Bob >> >> >> On May 8, 2012, at 11:21 AM, William de Smet wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Can anyone help me shorten this script? >>> Eventually there will be 100 graphics (d1 to d100) and 200 lines of >>> text in field "in" >>> Each graphic uses two lines of follow up numbers (correct English?) of fld >>> "in" >>> -------- >>> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line 1 of fld "in" >>> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line 2 of fld "in" >>> -- >>> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d2" to the text of line 3 of fld "in" >>> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d2" to the text of line 4 of fld "in" >>> -- >>> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d3" to the text of line 5 of fld "in" >>> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d3" to the text of line 6 of fld "in" >>> -- >>> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d4" to the text of line 7 of fld "in" >>> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d4" to the text of line 8 of fld "in" >>> -- >>> set the backgroundcolor of grc "d5" to the text of line 9 of fld "in" >>> set the foregroundcolor of grc "d5" to the text of line 10 of fld "in" >>> -- >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> William _______________________________________________ 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
