If you don't initialise the button in the initial layout,
in uiSpec:
the-button: button ;counter-text
it updates correctly.
I don't know why button acts this way either.
Anton.
> As the following code demonstrates, BUTTON seems to be an antisocial
> little tyke who will get marks off in "plays well with others". ;-)
>
> This raises two questions for me:
>
> 1) Is this a bug or a "feature"?
> 2) Are there any nice work-arounds?
>
> -jn-
>
> 8<-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/rebol
>
> rebol []
>
> test2: make object! [
> counter: 0
> counter-text: to-string counter
> fix-text: func [thingie] [
> thingie/text: counter-text
> show thingie
> ]
> the-head: the-text:
> the-vhead: the-vtext:
> the-field: the-info:
> the-button: the-label:
> the-recount: the-close: none
> uiSpec: [
> the-head: h3 counter-text 50x20
> the-text: text counter-text 50x20
> the-vhead: vh3 counter-text 50x20
> the-vtext: vtext counter-text 50x20
> the-field: field counter-text
> the-info: info counter-text
> the-button: button counter-text
> the-label: label counter-text 50x20
> the-recount: button "Recount" [
> counter-text: to-string counter: 1 + counter
> fix-text the-head
> fix-text the-text
> fix-text the-vhead
> fix-text the-vtext
> fix-text the-field
> fix-text the-info
> fix-text the-button
> fix-text the-label
> ]
> the-close: button "Close" [unview]
> ]
> ui: layout uiSpec
> run: function [][][
> view center-face ui
> ]
> ]
>
> test2/run
>
> 8<-----------------------------------------------------------------
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