By saying this: put "gizmo" into theFld You're telling LiveCode to put "gizmo" into the theFld variable, not into the field you referenced earlier. This is standard behavior.
Do this: set the text of theFld to "gizmo" Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design > On Nov 13, 2014, at 3:53 PM, "Dr. Hawkins" <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With a sequence like, > > put the long id of fld (word 1 of myVar) into theFld > put "gizmo" into theFld > > I end up with "gizmo" in the variable theFld, rather than the field it > references. > > Am I doing something wrong, or does this just not work for fields (7.0-RC2) > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > 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
