Re: Baffling can't create variable message
h! Why did that not occur to me? Damn, on one of my variants I was so close, though... Thanks Matthias Cheers David G > On 24 Feb 2021, at 12:42 pm, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > David, > > the Text is a property of button "search all". You have to use "set the > text" > > set the text of button "search all" to return & fld "custom" & the text of > button "search all" > > > > - > Matthias Rebbe > Life Is Too Short For Boring Code > >> Am 24.02.2021 um 12:53 schrieb David V Glasgow via use-livecode >> : >> >> put return & field "custom" after the text of button "Search All" > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Baffling can't create variable message
David, the Text is a property of button "search all". You have to use "set the text" set the text of button "search all" to return & fld "custom" & the text of button "search all" - Matthias Rebbe Life Is Too Short For Boring Code > Am 24.02.2021 um 12:53 schrieb David V Glasgow via use-livecode > : > > put return & field "custom" after the text of button "Search All" ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Baffling can't create variable message
LiveCoders, I have a pulldown menu button to which I want to append new searches that it does not already contain. I have scripted this in various ways, multiple lines, single line, add parentheses, leave ‘em out, use extra variable/not, in an attempt to isolate what I am doing wrong. Sometimes I get a missing ‘then’ error, when it is clearly present. However, in several constructions of the script, including the one liner below, I get “Can’t create a variable with that name (explicitvariables?) near text, char 113 The script is: if the text of button "Search All" contains field "custom" = false then put return & field "custom" after the text of button "Search All" I'm doubly confused because a) in this version of the script I am not using variables, and b) Strict compilation mode is unchecked. I have no idea whether this is a clue, but only commands seem to be colourised in the script editor. I also noticed that the breakpoints tab reports a breakpoint on line 54 (which doesn’t exist), and which I have never knowingly set. LC 9.6.0 MacOS 10.13.6 At this stage I would welcome someone pointing out a palm->face rookie error rather than anything more sinister . Best Wishes, David Glasgow ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
