This is a great idea and it's what I did. It took some fiddling to get it to work the way I wanted but I now can actually get some work done. Thanks for the idea.
Btw, do you know of a list of error message numbers so I can make the error reporting a little more robust? On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:32 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > one can make one's own 'message box' while trying to get a handle on > this... > > create a new stack > make a field to hold the command(s) - name it "command" > make a button named 'execute' with this script > > on mouseup > get field "command" > do it > end mouseup > > add a 'try' structure and error reporting and you have your own custom > message box. Often I prefer to use my own, which has code formatting and > coloring, and can execute Shell and Applescript commands too. This method > doesn't seem to have the oddities of the 'real' message box. > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:23 PM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > > > this is way off the wall and may not be related or work at all, but at > one > > time there was this unlisted property called revmessageboxredirect, and > it > > changed what is normally sent to the lower part of the message box ( like > > unrequited puts ) to another field in your stack. > > > > " *set* the revmessageboxredirect to empty" will set to "normal" what > > > > "*set* the revmessageboxredirect to the long id of me" had set up. > > > > > > > > > >> On Jun 26, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Howard Bornstein wrote: > >> > >> > Grrr. This bug is back and this time restarting my Mac didn't fix it. > >> > > >> > So I'm trying to trace what happens when I type anything into the > >> message > >> > box. I've got the script for the message box itself open as well as > the > >> > script for the message field. > >> > > >> > I've put breakpoints at the rawkeydown handler as well as on the > >> > ReturnInField handler but I can't seem to make anything trap to the > >> > debugger. > >> > > >> > Shouldn't LC scripts respond like any other scripts when in Script > Debug > >> > Mode? > >> > > >> > I can't imagine what could be causing this problem. Everything else is > >> > working normally, including the message box until yesterday. > >> > > >> > Any ideas would be appreciated. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Howard Bornstein > >> > > Stephen Barncard > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > > > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Regards, Howard Bornstein ----------------------- www.designeq.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
