Richard.
Right on about the ubiquitous "text" property. Sure cuts through a lot of paperwork. Craig. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 10:30 pm Subject: Re: Comment about "do" (was clickLine/clickcharchunk) dunbarx wrote: > Danny Goodman once said that he was unsure where the disconnect took > place. He just said (paraphrased) "...when it seems like the code > ought to work, but doesn't, try a "do" construction..." Ah, but Danny's moved on to JavaScript; he didn't stick around in the xTalk world long enough to appreciate one of LiveCode's many unique charms: Almost every object that can act as a container has a text property, so we don't need to bother with the odd ambiguities the HyperCard team were enamored of by sometimes treating object references as objects and other times as containers, instead allowing us to enjoy the consistency of property-driven syntax. So instead of problematic expressions like: put the focusedObject into tObject put resDate into tObject ..or the complex concatenated "do" form: do "put" && quote & resdate & quote && "into" && tObject ...we can simply write with confidence: set the text of tObject to resDate the "do" command still has a place in LiveCode, but it's much less frequently-needed than in HyperTalk. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web ____________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.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
