Larry, it seems to work fine here, I tried LC 6.1.3 as I don't keep RC versions, but I'm also on a Mac, however, at least it proves the script sample is fine.
Just a thought, could the label of button "?" also have a space or return char in the name? Maybe try swapping the "=" for "contains" e.g. if the label of button thisButton contains "?" then Paul On 2014-06-07, at 8:39 PM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: > Thank you Randy, but that's not the case here. > After I got your email, I triple checked. It's something else going on. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Hengst" <iowahen...@mac.com> > To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 9:21 PM > Subject: Re: please help!! > > >> When I've had similar problems I had multiple buttons with the same name. >> >> >>> On Jun 7, 2014, at 9:41 PM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: >>> >>> I am using 6.1.1 (rc 4) on XP >>> >>> I have spent HOURS trying to do something that seems fairly simple. >>> >>> I have a column of buttons labeled "tile11", "tile12", etc >>> >>> After I label the buttons, they are all alpha-numeric characters except for >>> one being labeled "?" >>> >>> Then I call up the following command: >>> >>> on doOpaque >>> >>> put 0 into x >>> >>> repeat rowNum times >>> >>> put x + 1 into x >>> >>> put ("tile1" & x) into thisButton >>> >>> if the label of button thisButton = "?" then >>> >>> set the opaque of button thisButton to true >>> >>> else >>> >>> set the opaque of button thisButton to false >>> >>> end if >>> >>> end repeat >>> >>> end doOpaque >>> >>> >>> >>> If I debug and step through it, it always seems to work. However if I just >>> run it, it invariably sets the opaque of the "?" button to false and some >>> other button (NOT "?") to true. >>> >>> I'm really going crazy with this and would appreciate it if anyone knows >>> why this is happening. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, Larry >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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