Try: put the noType of (the name of the focusedObject) && the focusedObject into msg
The reference returned by fucusedObject is not in the format that is used for the syntax of a custom property. You need to shorten it by referring to just 'the name'. HTH On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM, John <j...@onechip.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I was hoping that someone could explain what is going on. I have a > main stack with multiple sub stacks all of which use the main stack’s menu > bar. In the menubar group I have a mouseDown handler to update the menus > before they are shown. The sub stacks have fields which may, or may not, > have a property “noType” with a value of “true”. > > In the mouseDown handler in the menuBar group, the following does not > work: > > put the noType of the focusedObject && the focusedObject into msg > > I can see that the focusedObject is correct even though the value of the > property is not shown. If I place this into the mouseDown handler I get > the expected result: > > put line 1 of the openStacks into theTopStack > put the selectedField into theSelectedField > put word 2 of theSelectedField into theSelectedFieldNumber > put the noType of field theSelectedFieldNumber of stack theTopStack into > msg > > > Why does the first one line scrip not work and the longer four line > script work? > > Thanks in advance, > John > _______________________________________________ > 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
