Remove the parantheses. LC tries to handle them as containers. For example (btn "B2" of group "BUTTS") is a container, e.g. the content of a menu button or any other string you put into btn "B2" of group "BUTTS". This works:
put the backGroundColor of btn "B2" of group "BUTTS" > Richmond wrote: > Why, when I do this: > > putthebackgroundcolorof(grc "h1" ofgroup"JK5") > > do I get: > > Error description: Chunk: source is not a container > > Hint: > > [useful hint, by the way] > > ? > > Interestingly enough when I do this: > > putthebackGroundColorof(btn "B2" ofgroup"BUTTS") > > I get this: > > Error description: Chunk: error in object expression > > NOW, I thought that was how one refered to members of a group. _______________________________________________ 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
