On 2/11/06 7:35 PM, "Josh Mellicker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to delete a bunch of controls whose names match a
> wildcard expression like "thing.?" or "thing.??" all at once elegantly?
>
> example:
>
> thing.23
> thing.46
> thing.4
> thing.142
>
>
> delete all controls named "thing." & ?? doesn't work :-)
>
>
> Friends don't let friends do this:
>
> REPEAT with n = 1 to 300
> IF exists ("thing." & n) THEN
> delete "thing." & n
> END IF
> END REPEAT
>
> :P
If 300 isn't a meaningful number for your app, then you can do without it:
repeat with n = number of controls down to 1
if char 1 to 6 of the short name of control n is "thing." then
delete control n
end if
end repeat
-- Dick
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