Another alternative.
If the short id of fld "xyz" is among the lines of the childcontrolids of group
"abc" then …
This one should work as long as there is only one field with that name on the
card (tried from message box).
Brian Milby
br...@milby7.com
> On Aug 23, 2024, at 8:05 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/23/2024 7:45 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi jbv,
>>
>>>> Am 23.08.2024 um 13:27 schrieb jbv via use-livecode
>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> Is there a quick way to check if a group contains a specific control,
>>> something like :
>>> if there is a fld "xyz" in grp "abc" of this cd
>>> I tried many things but it always generates an error.
>>> So far, the only way I can think of is to maintain a custom prop
>>> for each group, featuring a string that is the list of all controls
>>> names of the group.
>> if you don't have any other controls with the same name,
>> you could check:
>> -> lineoffset("xyz",the childcontrolnames of grp "abc")
>>
>
> or, if you prefer:
>
> if "xyz" is among the lines of the childcontrolnames of group "abc" then
>
> NOTE: As mentioned, "xyz" would need to be a unique name for control in the
> group. If you have a field "xyz" and a button "xyz" (or 2 buttons or 2 or
> more fields with the same name, etc.) this is not accurate.
>
>
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