Hi, did the same test except for 4.
4. Create another button and set its script to: on mouseUp create button in group "tad" of this stack put the long name of it end mouseUp with result: button "New Button" of group "tad" of card id 1002 of stack "/Users/tdz/Desktop/dupond" Regards, Thierry 2013/1/16 Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> > Tested in the latest dp and 5.5: > > 1. Create a stack and name it "steve" > 2. Drag in a button. > 3. Group the button and call the group "tad" > 4. Run the following in the message box: > > create button in group "tad" of stack "steve";put the long name of it > > the result is something like: > > button id 1006 of group id 1005 of card id 1002 of stack "steve" > > while > > put the long name of btn 1 of stack "steve" > > results in: > > button "Button" of group "tad" of card id 1002 of stack "steve" > > gc > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> > wrote: > > > Peter Haworth <pete@...> writes: > > > > > > > Here's a recipe. > > > > > > > > Works for me. > > > > > > > > Ummm, you mean you see the IDs instead of names in the long name? > > > > Er... no... works as in "does what I expect it to." > > > > I see no numeric ids when I ask for the long name. > > > > -- > > Mark Wieder > > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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