Is there a logic behind the following? I want the values of a custom property which is an array: to take a specific example the dropShow of button “button” and I want the specific element color
Of course I can write: put the dropShadow of button “button” into aa; put aa[color] Conveniently there is a shortcut : put the dropShadow[color] of button “button” (which I guess would need special coding because there isn’t a property whose name is "dropShadow[color]”; and this doesn’t work for DataGrids - but that’s another question) Now I want to use variables so I can script for different properties put “color” into pElementName; put “dropShadow” into pArrayName 1. This works: put the dropShadow of button “button” into aa; put aa[pElementName] 2. And this works: put the pArrayname of button “button” into aa; put aa[pElementName] 3. And (conveniently) this works: put the dropShadow[pElementName] of button “button” 4. BUT (annoyingly) this fails, giving an empty result: put the pArrayName[pElementName] of button “button” Why? If 3 works, I would have thought the parser would substitute values for all variables before getting the property using the “special coding” Neville _______________________________________________ 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
