can't find object <field 1>

[Ken Ray]

Eugen,

Could you simplify it, like:

  put "body" into fld_name
  put 123 into field fld_name

When you use "control", you need to provide either a name or a number, as
in:

  put "123" into control 1
or
  put "123" into control "body"  -- picks the first control named "body"

It won't work if you also use the descriptor:

  put "123" into control field "body"  -- This doesn't work

So basically I'm saying that if you want to have the choice of where a
variable or constant goes, and it is not always a field, you should (a) make
sure your object names are unique, and ARE NOT NUMBERS (i.e. don't name a
field: "1", etc.), and then (b) only pass the name of the object as a
parameter, as in:

on mouseUp
  PutStuff "123","body"
end mouseUp

on PutStuff pVar,pControl
  put pVar into control pControl
end PutStuff

Just my $0.02,


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


----- Original Message -----
From: "eugen helbling" <eugen.helbling at ginit-technology.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:37 AM
Subject: can't find object <field 1>


> Hi,
>
> in a stack script part I used following to put something into a field
>
>   put "field " & quote & "body" & quote  into fld_name
>   put 123 into control fld_name
>
> instead of the following returns error ( can't find object <field 1>)
>
>   put "field 1"  into fld_name
>   put 123 into control fld_name
>
> what is wrong in the second case ?
>
> regards
> eugen
>
>
>
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