I agree, the message box is often frazzled trying to keep track of everything.
If you substitute "card CardName|cardNumber|cardID" for "this card", does the problem go away? Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 1:26 pm Subject: Re: Works in a button but not in the message box On 7/21/12 11:53 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > OK, Here's a question: > > Why does this line of code work in a button but throw an error when run in > the message box? > > set the rect of control "Container" to ((the left of this card + 5),(the bottom of group "nav bar" + 5),(the right of this card - 5),(the top of group "toolbar" - 5)) I see that occasionally. I think it has to do with the contortions the message box has to go through to evaluate expressions. Sometimes they don't work. Sometimes you can put the expression into a variable first and then execute the "set" using the 2-line message box. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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
