Re: INVOKE ACTION only works when I trace through it
Hi Pat, Can you simply assign tEditText to the field after returning from the method *PicturePathSelect*? That is: *PicturePathSelect* (->tEditText) // choose a pic, copy pathname to tEditText [someTable]someField := tEditText Regards, Jeremy French > On Nov 11, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Using v17, Mac > > I have an enterable field on a form. The user can right-click on it and > select an action such as "Select a picture" from a dynamic popup menu. > > The code that runs: > > tEditText:="" > > *PicturePathSelect* (->tEditText) // choose a pic, copy pathname to > tEditText > > *SET TEXT TO PASTEBOARD*(tEditText) > > *INVOKE ACTION*(ak clear) > > *INVOKE ACTION*(ak paste) > If I put a trace on the last line of this code and then step through that > line, then press F5, it works as expected: the picture pathname is copied > into the selected field. > If I don't trace through it, this simply does not work. The field is no > longer the active object and the text hasn't been copied into it. ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
INVOKE ACTION only works when I trace through it
Using v17, Mac
I have an enterable field on a form. The user can right-click on it and
select an action such as "Select a picture" from a dynamic popup menu.
The code that runs:
tEditText:=""
*PicturePathSelect* (->tEditText) // choose a pic, copy pathname to
tEditText
*SET TEXT TO PASTEBOARD*(tEditText)
*INVOKE ACTION*(ak clear)
*INVOKE ACTION*(ak paste)
If I put a trace on the last line of this code and then step through that
line, then press F5, it works as expected: the picture pathname is copied
into the selected field.
If I don't trace through it, this simply does not work. The field is no
longer the active object and the text hasn't been copied into it.
I also tried
*POST KEY*(*Character code*("v");Command key mask;tEditText)
instead of *INVOKE ACTION*(ak paste)
but that doesn't work either.
Is there something else I need to do to get this to work?
Pat
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