Hi Randy: Klaus is right -- you should only need to test for "cancel" in the result. If you don't receive that, any other value, including empty, is a valid user choice. You probably already know you can "ask..." with a preset value, so you could also compare against an expected result.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media UX/UI Design > On Nov 25, 2015, at 9:17 AM, 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
