Hi William, This should work:
repeat with x = 1 to 100 set the backgroundColor of grc ("d" & x) to line 2*x-1 of fld "in" set the foregroundColor of grc ("d" & x) to line 2*x of fld "in" end repeat -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 We will have room for new projects after 1 June. Contact me now and be first in line. On 8 mei 2012, at 20:21, William de Smet wrote: > Hi there, > > Can anyone help me shorten this script? > Eventually there will be 100 graphics (d1 to d100) and 200 lines of > text in field "in" > Each graphic uses two lines of follow up numbers (correct English?) of fld > "in" > -------- > set the backgroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line 1 of fld "in" > set the foregroundcolor of grc "d1" to the text of line 2 of fld "in" > -- > set the backgroundcolor of grc "d2" to the text of line 3 of fld "in" > set the foregroundcolor of grc "d2" to the text of line 4 of fld "in" > -- > set the backgroundcolor of grc "d3" to the text of line 5 of fld "in" > set the foregroundcolor of grc "d3" to the text of line 6 of fld "in" > -- > set the backgroundcolor of grc "d4" to the text of line 7 of fld "in" > set the foregroundcolor of grc "d4" to the text of line 8 of fld "in" > -- > set the backgroundcolor of grc "d5" to the text of line 9 of fld "in" > set the foregroundcolor of grc "d5" to the text of line 10 of fld "in" > -- > > Thanks! > > Greetings, > > William > _______________________________________________ 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