This looks like a fun one.
I'd do something like this:
Create a scrolling field and name it Data1
Put your data into the scrolling field in the form: H,Hydrogen,1,1.08,37,N/A,........ with 1 element to a line.
Set the script to:
on mouseUp
hide me
end mouseUp
Now lock the field and hide it.
Create and name all your buttons: Sb...Cr...He...H... etc Do not put any script in these buttons.
Create and name your "output" fields: Data2...Data3...Data4 No scriptiung required in these fields
Set the script of the card to:
on mouseUp
if the optionKey is down then --If you want to edit the scrolling field
show fld "Data1"
exit mouseUp
end if
get line (lineOffset(cr&the short name of the target&",",fld "Data1")+1) of fld "Data1"
repeat with i=2 to the number of items of it
put item i of it into fld ("Data"&i)
end repeat
end mouseUp
I tried it here and it seems to work fine.
You could also skip the scrolling field and put the data into an external text file.
Best Regards,
Tim Ponn
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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