On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:33 AM, <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote:
> Maybe I can just create all the fields I will ever possibly need and then > just show and hide them. > That is certainly an approach I've used many many times, especially if the number of fields is large. If the number of fields is smalll, say an input field and output field, even if they are of different sizes and located different, I first create them, take note of pertinent properties: height width loc textAlign textSize TextColor and any other property that might be different from one field to the other, then delete one field so I'm left with one field that can act as both as an input field and an output field. In my script, where I would normally: hide fld "input" show fild "output" I simply change the properties of my single field to reflect what I'm using it for: lock screen if the label of btn "selectMethod" = "Output" then set the height of fld "multipurpose" to 123 set the width of fld "multipurpose" to 456 set the loc of fld "multipurpose" to 200,200 etc put myOutput into fld "multipurpose" unlock screen _______________________________________________ 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