And this won't be truly great until I can put "y" into x put 1 into value(x)
because I can use this to get values but not set them, so I'm still stuck with do "put 1 into"&&x On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:32 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 8/3/2014, 7:52 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > >> Just did a quick test, New Stack, one fld "testField", in the msg box: >> >> put "hello" into fld ("test" & "Field") >> >> works fine >> > > It's very useful in repeat loops, for this sort of thing: > > repeat with x = 1 to the number of btns > set the hilite of btn ("answer"&&x) to false > end repeat > > It works for the name of any object. I don't know if the failure with > custom properties is a bug or an oversight, but it is definitely > inconsistent. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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