What is the use case, Richmond? If you want to delete any object on a card by just clicking on it, you can put this on the card script:
on mouseup delete the mousecontrol end mouseup and make sure that the objects you want to delete do not have a mouseup handler. On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: > On 8/27/2016 7:27 AM, Richmond wrote: > > on mouseUp > > delete me > > end mouseUp > > The engine can not delete an object whose script is currently executing. > This has been a long know issue in LiveCode, but I am not sure it has > been documented > > In the Dictionary for "Delete" there is a warning: "Important! You > cannot delete the object whose script holds a currently executing > handler." but no explaination of the typical work-around below. > > on mouseUp > put the long id of me into tTarget > send "delete tTarget" to me in 0 ticks > end mouseUp > > So I guess you have to use "Assisted Suicide" since you need to send a > message to the engine to delete the object after it's script is done. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
