That was it - must have gotten clicked by accident. In 14 years with LC I have never used that option.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2017, at 1:43 PM, ** Clarence P Martin ** via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Check in your script editor window under the Edit Sub-menu and look to see > if "variable checking" is checked. That means that you need to declare any > variables before you can use them. If you uncheck this, LiveCode will not > require you to declare variables. > Some people don't use variable checking and other do. That is a personal > preference. Look up variable checking in the manual and you can decide what > to do. > > Sincerely, > > Clarence Martin > Email: chi...@themartinz.com > Cell: 626 6965561 > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 8:07 AM > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Cc: jonathandly...@gmail.com > Subject: Weird variable thing in 8.1.5 > > I just created a button with this script: > > On mouseup > Put "test" into tTest > End mouseUp > > It would not compile, producing the following error: > > Compilation error at line 2 (Chunk: can't create a variable with that name > (explicitVariables?)) near "tTest", char 15 > > Why would this happen? > > Nobody would ever be able to use 8.1.5 if that always happened, so what > would make it happen now? > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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
