Yes, that's the kind of thing I've done. -- Peter
Peter M. Brigham [email protected] http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Apr 20, 2015, at 1:57 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > Maybe this will help: > > put the long id of fld "text" into fRef > put word 3 of fRef into fFldID > put word 7 of fRef into fCdID > put word -1 of fRef into fStackName > replace quote with empty in fStackName > put "deux" into word 2 of fld id fFldID of card id fCdID of stack fStackName > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:20 AM, Peter M. Brigham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I have a field, let's say field "text", with the contents "one two >> three four". >> >> if I do this: >> put the long id of fld "text" into fRef >> put "deux" into word 2 of fRef >> >> it puts "deux" into word 2 of "field id 1022 of stack…" and doesn't >> resolve fRef as a field reference. >> >> But if I do: >> put the text of fRef into tText >> >> it *does* resolve fRef as a field reference, as I would expect. It appears >> that the engine only resolves these references when the context/syntax >> indicates that it should expect an object reference, and not otherwise. >> >> Is there any way I can put "deux" into word 2 of the field without jumping >> through hoops, like >> put "deux" into newWord >> do "put newWord into word two of" && fRef >> ?? >> >> I don't want to do: >> put the text of fRef into tText >> put "deux" into word 2 of tText >> set the text of fRef to tText >> because the field may contain formatted text that I want to preserve. >> >> ideas? or am I stuck with hoops? >> >> -- Peter >> >> Peter M. Brigham >> [email protected] >> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
