Hi Pete: Not sure if this will help but try putting the selObj into a variable first and working with that.
FWIW, I've often gotten mixed results or errors when trying to work with the selObj directly (unless simply trying to check its contents) and placing its contents into a variable has been more reliable for me (YMMV). Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design -------- Original message -------- Subject: Dereferencing control ids From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> CC: Getting a problem trying to grab the topLeft of each control in the selectedObjects. Code is as follows: repeat for each line rLine in the selectedObjects put the topLeft of rLine & return after sLocations end repeat I get a runtime error on the "put" statement: (Chunk: error in object expression) near "field id 1004 of card id 1002 of stack "test"", char 23. The field reference is what's in rLine. I've also tried using a do statement resulting in a slightly different error - "error in source expression" If I enter - put the topleft of field id 1004 of card id 1002 of stack "test" - into the message box, I get a valid result. I have a horrible feeling this is going to be something really obvious but nevertheless, what am I doing wrong? Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> _______________________________________________ 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
