>I've had a play around with this, but could do with some assistance.
>I think the answer is quite simple.
>
>I've got a 12 card stack with a background. The background contains
>a field with the 'Shared Text' property unchecked. This means that
>when I run my script (which repeats from 1 to 12 and sets the
>contents of the relevant field to that number) it works fine.
>
>I've got another script which is meant to set the script of each
>field. I read in a separate field which contains the script and
>replace a known variable with the number of the card.
>
>This is then meant to set the script of each field to something like
>
>on mouseup
> go cd 3 of wd "Day"
>end mouseup
>
>where the number is replaced by the number of the card.
>
>The problem is that unlike the "Shared Text" property the script for
>each field reads
>
>on mouseup
> go cd 12 of wd "Day"
>end mouseup
>
>ie its setting the script of each field to the last script in the loop.
>
>This is a simplified explanation of a larger project. I guess I
>could create 'foreground' fields for each card but when I do that
>(due to the large number of fields on a card) the 'set up script'
>loop takes an age.
>
>So, is there anyway to define different scripts to background fields
>? Or is the whole point that you can't or shouldn't ?
>
>TIA
>
>Gary Rathbone
>Hooknet
I'd be tempted to have a single generic script for all the fields. If
each card contains a field which has a unique card number in it
(assuming I understand you correctly), then simply use this value
within the field scripts:
on mouseUp
go cd (field "CardNo") of wd "Day"
end mouseUp
Peter
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