> I know I've done this before, but if I have a button I'd like
> to assign a handler to call and a parameter to pass, what's
> the best way of doing this?
>
> Assign both pHandler and pArg to symbols, or strings? And then
> just
>
> on mousedown me
> do (pHandler & "("& pArg & ")")
> end
>
> ?
You want to build a string that looks exactly like the Lingo you want to execute.
Therfore if the Lingo command you'd like to execute would look like this:
myHandler(5,#hello,"goodbye")
then you have to build and execute that string like this:
tHandler = "foo"
tArg1 = string(5)
tArg2 = "#"&string(#hello)
tArg3 = QUOTE&"goodbye""E
tLingoString = tHandler & "(" & tArg1 & "," & tArg2 & "," & tArg3 & ")"
do tLingoString
You must pass the do command a string to execute, the problem with string converting
symbols is that the # is removed (string(#hello) results in "hello" for example, you
must manually add the #) and you must also be sure to manually include QUOTE
characters around any legit string arguments that you pass.
The above works for me, passing the three arguments (5,#hello,"goodbye") to my handler
foo in a movie script. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Tom Higgins
Product Specialist - Director Team
Macromedia
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