Re: Why won't this work.

Yes. You have to use syntax that makes it plain to the engine that the variable tID should be evaluated before any action is taken. The only way to do that is to use language that can only be applied to controls, ie, setting a property. Since you can't set a property of a variable, the engine

Re: Why won't this work.

Try: set the text of tlongid to "my email" Otherwise, you're just putting a value into your tlongid variable, the same way you did with the long id of the field. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > On Oct 29, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Earthednet-wp

Re: Why won't this work?

Folks, I've had to forward this to my iPad to send it. I had to update my ssl certificate and it buggered the email from my server and I can't send from my Mac laptop, but I can from my iPad. Go figure! Thanks for your feedback, here is what I found out: > The long ID of a field looks

Re: Why won't this work.

To describe the other aspect of this, you can only use a variable containing a long id as a reference to the underlying object if you reference properties of the object. Hence why put the long id of fld "test" into tID set the left of tID to 47 set the vis of tID to true set the dontwrap of tiD

Re: Why won't this work.

Hi. I do not understand. This is simple and straightforward. Both peices of data go into the variable just fine. Craig Newman Put the long id of field "email" into tlongid Put "my email" into tlongid -Original Message- From: Earthednet-wp To:

Re: Why won't this work.

The assumption is Bill is trying to put the string "my email" into the target field. Of course, the assumption could be wrong. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media UX/UI Design > On Oct 29, 2015, at 8:29 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > > Hi. > > > I do not understand. This is

Re: Why won't this work.

On 10/29/2015 10:29 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: I do not understand. This is simple and straightforward. Both peices of data go into the variable just fine. Craig Newman Put the long id of field "email" into tlongid Put "my email" into tlongid I had to read it four times and