msg as input

[Ken Ray]

Better to create something else. If you want input, try "ask", or set up a
stack with field(s) on it.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "erik hansen" <erikhans08 at yahoo.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: msg as input


>
> the archives show some discussion about using
> functions in the msg and how the stack level
> *may* affect this.
>
> a bg btn or <enterkey> sends "findwords" to a
> handler in the bg. this works perfectly in HC.
>
> in a database for songs, using msg as input is
> yielding bizarre results. once with "moon" the
> visible text in the msg, a previous now
> non-visible test entry of <10*10> was evaluated
> and the search results yielded every card with a
> "100" in it! usually i just get nothing from the
> msg.
>
> on findWords
>   breakPoint
>   lockup
>   put msg into theMsg # nothing in theMsg
>   ...
> end findwords
>
> the question is, can the msg work as an input
> device or is it better to create something else?
>
>
>
> =====
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