Re: Script Improvement Advice

[Marian Petrides]

What I tend to do is put the script in the card and then call the 
routine from the button e.g.

In the button

On mouseup
	DisplayElement
	--this invokes the handler named DisplayElement which is then found in 
the card script
In the card script

On DisplayElement

--this is the actual handler -- found in the card script

  put "Hydrogen" into field "ElementNameField"
  put "1" into field "AtomicNumberField"
  put "1.008" into field "AtomicMassField"
  put "37" into field "AtomicRadiusField"
  put "N/A" into field "IonicRadiusField"
  put "1" into field "OxidationStatesField"
  put "gas" into field "StateField"
  put "8.9E-5" into field "DensityField"
  put "-259" into field "MeltingPointField"
  put "-253" into field "BoilingPointField"
  put "0.12" into field "HeatFusionField"
  put "0.90" into field "HeatVapField"
  put "14.90" into field "SpecificHeatField"
  put "0.002" into field "ThermalCondField"
  put "13.60" into field "IonizationEnergyField"
  put "0.75" into field "ElectronAffinityField"
  put "2.2" into field "ElectronegativityField"
  put "1400" into field "AbundanceField"
end mouseup
End DisplayElement

I find it easier to edit card scripts than to go through EVERY button 
each  time I want to make minor changes in the script associated with 
the button

Marian

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 11:23 PM, Paul Charlesworth wrote:

Dear All:

I am working on my first ever programming project, a simple periodic 
table, and have created the interface using colored buttons. At the 
bottom of the screen I have an area with elemental properties. This is 
basically a Tab area (for future options) and a series of fields for 
each property.

What I would like to know is the most elegant beginners way to script 
the placement of properties into each field on pressing an element 
button. At this point I am adding the following script to each button:

on mouseup
  put "Hydrogen" into field "ElementNameField"
  put "1" into field "AtomicNumberField"
  put "1.008" into field "AtomicMassField"
  put "37" into field "AtomicRadiusField"
  put "N/A" into field "IonicRadiusField"
  put "1" into field "OxidationStatesField"
  put "gas" into field "StateField"
  put "8.9E-5" into field "DensityField"
  put "-259" into field "MeltingPointField"
  put "-253" into field "BoilingPointField"
  put "0.12" into field "HeatFusionField"
  put "0.90" into field "HeatVapField"
  put "14.90" into field "SpecificHeatField"
  put "0.002" into field "ThermalCondField"
  put "13.60" into field "IonizationEnergyField"
  put "0.75" into field "ElectronAffinityField"
  put "2.2" into field "ElectronegativityField"
  put "1400" into field "AbundanceField"
end mouseup
It works great, but I hoping to learn if there was a better way that 
might improve speed or save file size. My next questions will probably 
be about icons, about boxes, building, and distribution.

Many thanks,

Paul

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