Thanks to Irv

2005-05-28 Thread George S. Roland
Thanks very much, Irv, with the additional explanation you gave, I was able to get it to work. I appreciate your patience. Best, George A few people gave you basically the same answer, and I'll give it to you again. If you have a need for something like this, what you really want is a li

Re: Using repeat loops to distinguish variable names

2005-05-28 Thread Irv Kalb
A few people gave you basically the same answer, and I'll give it to you again. If you have a need for something like this, what you really want is a list. Lists are one of the most powerful features of Lingo. Once you get your head around them, you will wonder how you were able to get by wi

Using repeat loops to distinguish variable names

2005-05-28 Thread George S. Roland
Hello to all, I posted a similar question to this a few days ago, but from the answers I got, I realize that I didn't make my question clear. Sorry. I would like to try again. I want to know if there is a way to use a repeat loop integer to name variables so that a large numer of variables c

Re: concatenating text members (and the problem with member().html)

2005-05-28 Thread Slava Paperno
Buzz, Concatenating the "text" of members will discard all formatting AND links. I need to preserve both. That's where the problem is. I've now devised a routine that goes through all hyperlinks for each individual member and recreates them at the appropriate points in the new, concatenated me

Re: concatenating text members (and the problem with member().html)

2005-05-28 Thread Buzz Kettles
At 4:02 PM -0400 5/28/05, you wrote: I need to concatenate several text members into one new member. did you try? holder = "" repeat with CurrMem in locMemList holder = holder & CurrMem.text end repeat newMember = new(#text) newMember.text = holder hth -Buzz The script below works, but a

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2005-05-28 Thread tomd
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concatenating text members (and the problem with member().html)

2005-05-28 Thread Slava Paperno
I need to concatenate several text members into one new member. The script below works, but all hyperlinks in the text are lost: repeat with CurrMem in locMemList member("NewMem").rtf = member("NewMember").rtf && member("CurrMemr").rtf end repeat I suppose the rtf of member doesn't know anyth