I've encountered that. I have considered replacing all my singular instances of deleteline with the plural deletelines and then always use the plural version. Problem solved.
Bob S > On Sep 9, 2018, at 09:50 , hlowe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The Dictionary states that the command 'deleteline': "Deletes the specified > lines from the data grid. > > The syntax is: > > dispatch "DeleteLine" to group "DataGrid" with pLine > > where pLine is a comma-delimited list of one or more integers, indicating > the lines to be deleted. > > So to delete lines 1,2 and 3 of the datagrid "myDG" we would use: > > put "1,2,3" into pLine > dispatch "DeleteLine" to group "myDG" with pLine > > The Dictionary also states that the command 'deletelines' (note the plural > form) is a synonym for deleteline, implying that either form will do the > same thing. > > However 'deleteline' using LC 9.0.1 (RC3) on a Mac (running an iOS App in > both the emulator and on the device) will only accept a single line number > in its 'pLine' parameter. Passing more that one integer in 'pLine' causes > 'deleteline' to fail silently. To delete more that one line, I must use the > pleural form of the command 'deletelines'. > > put "1,2,3" into pLine > dispatch "DeleteLine" to group "myDG" with pLine > > fails silently > > while > > put "1,2,3" into pLine > dispatch "DeleteLines" to group "myDG" with pLine > > succeeds > > A bug, a Dictionary issue or something more complex? > > Can anyone else confirm this? > > Henry > > Ascriva Health Informatics > https://www.ascriva.com > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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