Tab, I am using the precision to prevent 0.0 or more. When I left it out I got 0.0000 and thanks for the tip on the debugger. I still don't know how to use it correctly yet but persistance pays sir.
George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tab Julius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:03 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Balky Behaviour > > This is a good opportunity to use the debugger. Put a breakpoint on the > second or third line, maybe on the "floatPrecision" line, and see what happens. > > Chances are that the field is not "0", but you don't know what it is. It > may be something other than "5500". > > Also try putting in an alert, as in: > > on mouseUp > alert "Field S1 is "&(field "s1") > -- then the rest of your code > set savePrecision = the floatPrecision > ... and so forth ... > end > > > Also, if 'savePrecision' isn't global, then it won't "save" the precision > for you, so you might want to make it global. Of course, that would be a > bug that you would encounter later - you're not that far yet. > > Finally, I'm not sure what you're doing with the precision anyway. Is that > because you're doing something where it could have "0.0"? > > - Tab > > > At 03:32 PM 7/25/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Can someone please tell me why this script doesn't work correctly? When I > >press the button the first time, 5500 is entered as it is supposed to, when > >I hit the button the second time, no change. What am I missing here? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >George Carlile > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >on mouseUp > > set savePrecision = the floatPrecision > > set the floatPrecision = 0 > > if field "s1" = "0" then > > put "5500" into field "s1" > > else > > if field "s1" = "5500" then > > put "0" into field "s1" > > set the floatPrecision = savePrecision > > end if > > end if > >end > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
