Dear Randy Maybe the obvious is sometimes not so obvious when starting. And even following the discussions on this board, with all those acronyms, many users - also me - are sometimes lost guessing around what this or that could mean.
It is very simple in LiveCode catching the Ask box: The code snipped goes like this: The lengthy form writing the script: ... if it is empty then -- it is empty = Cancel exit to top -- or whatever you like else doSomethingElse -- it is not empty = OK, then do what you want end if ... Here we assume that there are only these two buttons: "Cancel" and "OK" On 25 November 2015 at 18:17, Randy Hengst <iowahen...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Klauss, > > Yes, I did find that Cancel put EMPTY into it. > > The catch is, so does selecting OK when the user leaves the dialog empty. > > I’d like to respond in different ways depending on the user selecting > Cancel versus OK. > > I can’t find a way to trap for which button is pressed since in both cases > it seems that EMPTY is placed in “it” > > Thoughts? > > be well, > randy > > Randy Hengst > www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com > > > > On Nov 24, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Klaus major-k <kl...@major-k.de> wrote: > > > > Hi Randy, > > > >> Am 24.11.2015 um 18:44 schrieb Randy Hengst <iowahen...@mac.com>: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I’ve include an ASK command in a new app. > >> > >> It was my understanding (though I don’t see this in the dictionary) > that “Cancel” is placed in the “it” variable when the user selects “Cancel." > >> However, the “it” variable seems to be empty… which is the same way > “it” appears when no information is entered into the ASK dialog box and > “OK” is pressed. > >> I’d like to do one thing when the user “Cancels” and another when the > user simply leaves the dialog blank, but presses OK. > >> Is there a way to discern between an “OK” with no information added and > a “Cancel”? > > > > If the user hits „Cancel": > > IT = EMPTY > > the result = Cancel > > :-) > > > >> be well, > >> randy > >> > >> Randy Hengst > >> www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com > > > > Best > > > > Klaus > > > > -- > > Klaus Major > > http://www.major-k.de > > kl...@major-k.de > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
