<sigh> The real fix for this would be to have the engine pass the long id of the object with the message, so I could use:
on deleteButton pObjectID … end deleteButton However I am reticent to create yet another enhancement request. :-) Bob S > On Nov 16, 2023, at 9:08 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I’m working on a delete confirmation library. In the following script > however, getting the short name of the selectedObject fails silently even if > the script only stack is inserted into the front. In the message box the same > line of code works. > > on deleteButton > beep > put the short name of the selectedObject into tObjectName > answer warning \ > "Are you sure you want to delete button ‘“ & tObjectName & "'?" \ > with "Delete" or "Cancel" \ > as sheet > if it is "Cancel" then send "undo" to this card in 5 milliseconds > end deleteButton > > Any idea why? > > Bob S > > _______________________________________________ > 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
