Hi Cal, Be sure to strip the quotes out of the object name when you put it into the variable.
Say you have - field "xyz" -. When you put the "xyz" into your variable, be sure to get rid of the quotes or LC will take them as part of the object name. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Cal Horner <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a bit of a senior moment here folks. > > I've looked through lots of LC and RunRev documentation and I can't find a > clear and simple definition of a string. Sometimes they have quotes around > them and sometimes they don't. So what's the difference between a string > and > a literal? > > OK, now that you've had a good laugh,; hear me out. > > Using "selectedObject" I've extracted the long ID and the object name from > the selected object. > > The name comes through as object type and "Object Name". So > programatically > the code will know what kind of object I've selected and what it has been > named when the time comes to use it. I strip word 1 (the object type) out > of > the returned selection info and place it into a variable. This is to be > used > to determine which object I want to work on. Then I strip what is left (the > object name) out and place it into a variable. > > But when I try to access the object name variable the IDE says it can't > find > it. > > I've tried the object name variable with quotes around it and I've tried it > without quotes. Still no luck. > > Any hints, ideas or solutions? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
