Thanks Mark. I came to the same conclusion. For my purposes the first method is the best. I start with the short name of a datagrid, then tried to build the long name knowing the long id of the owning card. Instead it's easier to say:
there is a group <shortname> of <long id of card> Bob S > On Apr 12, 2018, at 05:14 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I think the problem here is that you are mixing up to methods of referencing > controls... > > You can either do: > > there is a group tGroupName of ... > > As syntax *or* : > > there is a tLongIdOfGroup > > The 'group' chunk expects a string which is a name of a group - it isn't the > same as putting 'group' in front of the string. > > Try making tGridLongName with the word 'group' at the front (I think someone > else suggested this) then that should work. > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > 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
