Hi,
In Oz, a String *is* a list of numbers (the ASCII codes of the characters
in the string). It's only the way you use it that determines if it is
considered as a string or as a list of numbers.
Cheers,
Sébastien
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Khadija EL MAHRSI <
khadija.elmah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having another problem with the Dropdownlist. The value returned by
> the command:
>
> {List.nth {D get($)} {D get(firstselection:$)}}
>
> is a list of numbers (which I suppose represents the selected virtual
> string from the list).
> When combined with {L set(...)} the value displayed is really the string
> but when I try:
>
> Var := {List.nth {D get($)} {D get(firstselection:$)}}
>
> I get the list of numbers instead of the string itself in Var. Any help?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> 2012/5/4 Torsten Anders <torsten.and...@plymouth.ac.uk>
>
>> Dear Khadija,
>>
>> Great you solved it. Indeed, the graphics in this documentation are very
>> distorted.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Torsten
>>
>>
>> On 3 May 2012, at 22:41, Khadija EL MAHRSI wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > Thank you for trying to help. I managed to solve the problem which was
>> caused by a silly mistake actually. When I was about to put the part of the
>> code which caused the problem, I noticed that I somehow missed the handle
>> part in the dropdownlistbox when I copied the code into my application
>> (maybe due to the weird way the web page was displayed) which is why it
>> didn't work. My mistake.
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/5/3 Torsten Anders <torsten.and...@plymouth.ac.uk>
>> > Dear Khadija,
>> >
>> > I have not used QTk for years, so I don't remember any of theses things
>> I must say.
>> >
>> > Anyway, I wrote some application once that uses the Listbox widget, and
>> that is still working fine under Mozart 1.4.0 (just checked). Also, if I
>> remember correctly the Prototyper application uses this widget -- so you
>> could check its source out as an example.
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.mozart-oz.org/documentation/mozart-stdlib/wp/qtk/html/node2.html#chapter.prototyper
>> >
>> > So, for any more specific help I am afraid you need to send us some
>> code demonstrating your problem :)
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> > Torsten
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dr Torsten Anders
>> > Course Leader, Music Technology
>> > University of Bedfordshire
>> > Park Square, Room A315
>> > http://www.torsten-anders.de
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 3 May 2012, at 15:07, Khadija EL MAHRSI wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > > I was experimenting with QTk and wanted to use the Dropdownlistbox.
>> First of all, the documentation page is weirdly displayed compared to the
>> other widgets and secondly (and more importantly), it's not working. The
>> part where the label is supposed to display the selected value from the
>> list is not working. I've tried making the label display any given string
>> instead and it worked.
>> > > I've also tried the Listbox widget and noticed that the items
>> disappear when selected. Is this normal?
>> > > Isn't there a way to have something close to the traditional List box
>> or Drop-down list box?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks.
>> > >
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