On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:43 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Just when I was thinking I had the differences between HC and Rev down, I > stumble. > > I have an editable field with this handler: > > on keyDown var > send "keydown" && var to this stack > put var > end keyDown > > In HC, any text I type gets placed into the field, so typing works > normally, but then I can do stuff with the last char, like put it into the > msg box. > Actually, in HC, I say "to Hypercard", but it makes no difference. > > But in Rev I get an error message stating that Rev "can't find handler near > "keyDown". >
Try this: on keyDown var put var pass keyDown end keyDown This allows you to do stuff with var, then tell the engine to keep passing the keyDown message along the normal hierarchy. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution