Of course it can work. Expressions in Parentheses are supposed to be evaluated before the rest of the command. It just doesn't happen when the expression is preceded by "the".
Pete lcSQL Software On Aug 2, 2014 5:57 PM, "hh" <h...@livecode.org> wrote: > @Peter, > > this cannot work: Token, here "(" and ")", as part of a property name? > Do "set (...) of btn ...." must also result in an error. > > Do "set" && (...) && "of btn ..." removes the offending token "(" and ")". > > @Richard, > > you are right: do "answer (do is useful)". > > Hermann > > _______________________________________________ > 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