Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
We missed you, Richmond On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 09:12 Richmond via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Neither with "floozy programming languages, nor with plain, simple > floozies. ;-) > > Let's just say I was a bit sleepy after 3 weeks holiday away from > LiveCode: just >

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Neither with "floozy programming languages, nor with plain, simple floozies. ;-) Let's just say I was a bit sleepy after 3 weeks holiday away from LiveCode: just about as cheap as excuses go, but cannot right now think of a better one. Richmond. On 19.08.19 17:45, Dar Scott Consulting via

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Just don't strand a pointer. :-) Bob S > On Aug 19, 2019, at 07:45 , Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode > wrote: > > Have you had a dalliance with a floozy programming language that allows you > to do such things? ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Have you had a dalliance with a floozy programming language that allows you to do such things? > On Aug 17, 2019, at 3:51 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > A long time since I studied Logic. :-[ > > Richmond. > > On 17.08.19 23:00, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote: >>

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I take that back. You are trying to set the textColor of a string literal which of course you cannot do. Line n of old "fPROC" has to resolve to something before the textColor is set. But of course you can only do that to the field or a chunk of text in the field. Bob S > On Aug 19, 2019,

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
you are forcing the statement in parenthesis to resolve, so it becomes set the tectColor of n to "red" which of course is nonsense. Bob S > On Aug 17, 2019, at 12:42 , Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld "fPROC") to"red" > > Disnae wark . . . > >

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-17 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
A long time since I studied Logic. :-[ Richmond. On 17.08.19 23:00, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote: And what would you expect the value of the parenthetical expression to be? On Aug 17, 2019, at 1:42 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-17 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
For the same reason you can do     put 17 into B but cannot do     put 17 into (B) (My over-simplified way of thinking of it is .. B is a container - you can put values into it or take them out. (B)   is just a value - you can only take it out. Similarly,   line XOUNT of fld "f" 

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-17 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
And what would you expect the value of the parenthetical expression to be? > On Aug 17, 2019, at 1:42 PM, Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld "fPROC") to"red" > > Disnae wark . . . > > Erm? > > Richmond. > >

Re: set the textColor

2019-08-17 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
O, Aye, here we go: replying to his own post: setthetextColorofline XOUNT offld "fPROC" to"red" Why, Oh Why, Pray tell, should those *P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S* stop things? On 17.08.19 22:42, Richmond wrote: setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld "fPROC") to"red" Disnae wark . . . Erm?