I would think it is because the htmlText is a property of a field. It is one of the properties that it inherited by any field. The variable does not have this property.
Best regards Tore Nilsen > 18. mai 2022 kl. 18:23 skrev Rick Harrison via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > This works: > > set the HTMLText of field "HTMLTextField1" of this card to URL VarURL > > > This doesn’t work: > > set the HTMLText of VarHTMLText to URL VarURL > > (The syntax is accepted fine, but it throws the following error at execution > time.) > > Chunk: error in object expression > > > > This works: > > get the effective HTMLText of field "HTMLTextField1" of this card > > > This doesn’t work: > > get the effective HTMLText of VarHTMLText2 > > (The syntax is accepted fine, but it throws the following error at execution > time.) > > Chunk: error in object expression > > > Why? > > Thanks for your insight in advance! > > Rick > _______________________________________________ > 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