Thanks Mark, that does indeed fix the problem. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Mark Schonewille < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Apparently, the selectedObjects are parsed as objects rather than a > string. The solution is to put parentheses around the selectedObjects. This > parses it as a string. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: > http://twitter.com/**xtalkprogrammer<http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer> > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > > On 5/30/2013 18:20, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> I guess it's my week for running into LC oddities, here's the latest. >> >> Open any stack and select 1 or more controls on it. >> >> In the message box: >> >> put the selectedObjects >> >> You'll see the long ids of the controls you selected, one per line. So >> far >> so good. Now in the message box : >> >> put the number of lines in the selectedObjects >> >> You'll get zero no matter how many controls are selected. >> >> I can get round this in a script by putting the selectedObjects into a >> variable, then the number of lines in the variable returns the correct >> result. >> >> Is this a bug or just some strange side effect of how the selectedObjects >> is implemented? >> >> Pete >> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
