This is actually a good thing. Because the actions are separate, you get more control. It is therefore proper that if you want to combine them, you write it that way.
You just have to get used to the details. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> To: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 11:24 am Subject: AW: How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup? Hi Jim, thanks for your coaching. I wasn' t aware that sending the mousup message wouldn't trigger the needed event. So I was correct that I have to script both the message and the event. Thank you Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Jim Ault > Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011 17:02 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup? > > > > On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > when sending: send "mouseup" to btn "test" the button gets the > > mouseUp > > command, but doesn't hilite, though it's property Autohilite is true. > > > > Do I really have to set additionally the hilite of that button by > > script? > > > > I also have "pass mouseUp" in the buttons mouseUp handler and I am > > getting > > "exit" as the result in the message box > > > > What am I missing? Why do I get "exit" in the message box? > > > mouseUp is a LCode message, not an event. > > just as 'mouseUpIwantToTrap' is a message you could send to an object, > or a stack script, or a back script, etc. > > Clicking on a checkbox will both send the message and perform the event. > set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" to true > > Sending the 'mouseUp' message will work just fine even if the check > box is hidden, on a different card, or on a card in a different > stack. The same goes for setting the hilite. > > send "mouseUp" to btn id 1022 of card id 1446 of stack "Survey > Questions" > > set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" of card id 1446 of stack "Survey > Questions" to true > > > Hope this helps > ----------------- > Why not step through your code and see what happens in the flow of the > script? > It sounds like 'pass mouseUp' is triggering the 'exit' string. > > Hope this helps > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
