You can find the definition of both send and dispatch in the dictionary. So an example of Dispatch being called from a card of a substack would be:
put the long id of me into tParentCard dispatch extract to card "Main" of stack "Forms Generator" with tRecordA, tParentCard, tExclusions -- if however extract is in the message path for everything, such as in a library or back/front script, dispatch is not needed -- but there's nothing wrong with using it extract tRecordA, tParentCard, tExclusions -- aRecordData is an array you want to populate with the field contents of pParentCard -- pParentCard is the long id of the target card containing field, button and menu objects -- pExclusions is a comma delimited list of object names you want to pass over on extract @aRecordData, pParentCard, pExclusions -- store object values in aRecordData put the text of field "fldCustomerName" of pParentCard into aRecordData ["customername"] put the hilited of button "btnActive" of pParentCard into aRecordData ["active"] put the label of button "mnuCategories" of pParentCard into aRecordData ["category"] ... -- no need to return anything in this example because aRecordData is passed by reference end extract Bob S > On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:49 , Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > I need more detail how to word the command. No need to send in time, just how > to call that function on a card not in the message path. Thanks! > _______________________________________________ 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
