Would it work for you needs by just putting this in the button script?
put the owner of me
be well,
randy
Randy Hengst
www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com
> On Aug 14, 2015, at 6:56 PM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote:
>
> Alex:
> “the long name of me” is a complete reference to an object, which contains
> the group name. What I was trying to do is get the name of the group that the
> button is in. I can parse it from the long name of me, but thought it would
> pull it out of “me”.
>
> Anyway, what do I know? If I’m wrong to expect this, then I won’t report it
> as a bug (of course).
>
> Or perhaps there is a better way of getting the group that a control is
> within.
> Best,
> Bill
>> On Aug 14, 2015, at 4:15 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote:
>>
>> Is it valid to say (in the mouseUp script)
>> ..... of grp me into ....
>>
>> Isn't 'me' a button, so "grp me" is unclear ?
>>
>> [ or did you mean to say put the short name of grp tGroup into ... ? ]
>>
>> -- Alex.
>>
>> On 14/08/2015 23:50, William Prothero wrote:
>>> Folks:
>>> I just encountered what appears to be an error in the group function.
>>>
>>> To duplicate, make a new stack.
>>> Make a graphic for a background
>>> Make a button
>>> group the graphic and the background
>>> Name the group something, anything, like “myGroup”
>>> inside the button script, put:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>> send "getGroup" to grp "myGroup"
>>> put the long name of me into lName
>>> put wordOffset("Group",lName) into nw
>>> put word nw+1 of lName into tGroup
>>> breakpoint
>>> put the short name of grp me into tGroup
>>> answer tGroup
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> in the group script, put:
>>> on getGroup
>>> put the short name of grp me into theGroupName
>>> breakpoint
>>> end getGroup
>>>
>>> You will notice that the “put the short name of grp me ….” statement, the
>>> correct group name is in tGroup. However, if you continue past the
>>> breakpoint, the code fails. You can verify that the statement “put the
>>> short name of grp me into tGroup” works by putting a breakpoint in the
>>> group script.
>>>
>>> It’s not a show-stopper, but seems to be a bug.
>>>
>>> Verify, anybody?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> William A. Prothero
>>> http://es.earthednet.org/
>>>
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