I don't know much about this kind of thing so someone else can probably answer this much better but from old projects I do know that's not a good way to try and get a field value.
This should give you the count: <script> var title = story.findContainingTiddler(place).getAttribute("tiddler") ; var field = store.getTiddler(title).fields.mantraCount ; document.write(field ); </script> On Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:39:21 PM UTC-7, passingby wrote: > > I am trying to create a tiddler which shall have a field named > "mantraCount". The field shall be set to 0 in the beginning. The tiddler > shall display the current value of the field in its display and it shall > have a large button below which shall increment the field value by 1 when > pressed and refresh the tiddler display in order to show the latest field > value. > In my MainMenu I have this to create a new Mantra Counter tiddler: > > <<newTiddler > label:"New Mantra Counter" > title:"New Mantra" > tag:"mantra" > text:{{store.getTiddlerText("NewMantraText")}} > fields:"mantraCount:0" > >> > > > The content of the the NewMantraText is automatically appended into each > New Mantra tiddler created with the New Mantra Counter button : > > <script> > var title = story.findContainingTiddler(place).getAttribute("tiddler"); > var field=story.getTiddlerField(title,"mantraCount"); > document.write(field); > </script> > > I have not completed the NewMantraText yet. Eventually it shall have a > button which shall do the real incremental work. But for now the problem is > the variable 'field' is evaluating to null. > Can you please tell me why and how to solve this? > Here is the link to a minimal test case in my dropbox > https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxlgwqkuujkr2df/mtc.html > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.