All good suggestions so far, but not what I was after, which was whether
there is any better way to have the script you are setting the newly
created object to, readable, in the script that setup of the new object.
If a behavior script is used or properties or objects then I can not
read (and potentially revise) the script right in the script that is
making the object. I have to open something else if I want to revise the
script. Of course I can have a comment that says "look here for the
script" and it is generally obvious from "set the script of button
"Sample" to <some property and/or object reference>.
On 7/15/2023 11:06 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
So in the instances where you have a script that creates an object and
then sets the script of that object (example below), what is you best
practice for having the script in a script and still be readable?
Example:
BUTTON "Make"
on mouseUp
local tScript
create button "Sample"
put "on mouseUp"&cr into tScript
put " ask 'Please enter a number between 1 and 100'" &cr after tScript
put " if it is not a number then exit mouseUp" &cr after tScript
put " if it < 1 OR it > 100 then exit mouseUp" &cr after tScript
put " put it into field 'Number'" &cr after tScript
put "end mouseUp" after tScript
replace "'" with quote in tScript
set the script of button "Sample" to tScript
end mouseUp
This create a button "Sample" with the script
on mouseUp
ask "Please enter a number between 1 and 100"
if it is not a number then exit mouseUp
if it < 1 OR it > 100 then exit mouseUp
put it into field "Number"
end mouseUp
However, I reading the script for button Sample in button Make with
the "pu" statements and quotes (double and single) and cr and so one
cumbersome to read. Yes there are behavior scripts, but this is about
the best practice of placing a script in a script (to set the script
of an object) and having it as clear as possible.
I wish there was a command like "put begin block" where you could
follow it any number of lines and then "end block into tVar". i.e.
put begin block
on mouseUp
ask "Please enter a number between 1 and 100"
if it is not a number then exit mouseUp
if it < 1 OR it > 100 then exit mouseUp
put it into field "Number"
end mouseUp
end block into tScript
Is there a better way to have a script written in a script?
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