Hi Andre It does help when you read the manual :) I did read it but I missed the significance of the last line!
Anyway problem is solved all I need do is pass the mouseWithin message in each button - not a great price to pay. And thank you for your very quick reply. On 23 October 2010 15:01, André Bisseret <[email protected]> wrote: > Bonjour Ian, > > I just tried the following > - created: > - a stack > - a group "grButton" of 3 buttons: Button1, Button2, Button3 > - another group "grBtn" of 3 buttons: Btn1, Btn2, Btn3 > - grouped the two groups in a super group "grGlobal" > > - a button "BtnBehavior" > - a field "fldTarget" > > - put the following handler in the script of "BtnBehavior": > on mouseWithin > put the short name of the target into fld "fldTarget" > end mouseWithin > > Finally i set the behavior of grp "grGlobal" to the long id of btn > "btnBehavior" of this card. > > Hoping that replicate your problem, > Well: > Does not work with mouseWithin > > But that works with other messages: with mouseUp, with mouseDown, with > mouseMove, with mouseEnter > > Seems that the explanation is the last line of the doc on "mouseWithin" in > the Dictionary: > > Note: If there is no mouseWithinhandler in the target object'sscript, no > mouseWithinmessage is sent, even if there is a mouseWithinhandler in an > object that's further along the message path. > > HTH > > Best regards from Grenoble > > André > > Le 23 oct. 10 à 13:19, Ian McKnight a écrit : > > >> Hi >> >> I have a number of buttons which are grouped together, and then this group >> is grouped with other similar groups to form a super-group. I have in >> excess >> of 300 buttons then that each represent a date. When I put the mouse over >> any one of the buttons I want to access an array and display the relevant >> information for that day in a separate field. I have a mouseWithin handler >> to access the data. >> >> When the mouseWithin handler is in the script of the actual button all >> works >> as it should. >> >> When I move the script to a separate button and set the behavior of my >> original button to it - nothing happens. The Inspector shows the behavior >> location correctly. >> >> There are no other mouseWithin handlers in the message path. >> >> This is the line I used in the message box to set the behavior of the >> first >> of my buttons. >> >> set the behavior of btn "checkBx 0" of grp "sepGrp" of cd "calendar" to >> the >> long id of btn "behave" of cd "calendar" >> >> I even tried referencing all the groups but still nothing happened. >> >> set the behavior of btn "checkBx 0" of grp "sepGrp" of grp "calendargrp" >> of >> cd "calendar" to the long id of btn "behave" of cd "calendar" >> >> This is the corresponding behavior entry from the Inspector >> >> button id 1647 of stack "timeTable3" >> >> which resolves to the button with my mousewithin script. >> >> I can strip out the core of the script into a separate handler and place >> it >> in the card script but I'd rather not replicate the remaining code 300+ >> times (even though it is only a dozen lines) if I can get behaviors to >> work. >> >> >> I'm using LiveCode 4.5 Bld 1080 >> >> Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong? >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> >> Ian McKnight >> >> [email protected] >> ======================= >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >> Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- Regards Ian McKnight [email protected] ======================= _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
