List Field and Ask Dialog

[David Vaughan]

On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 08:39 , Magnus von Brömsen wrote:

>
> On lördag, april 6, 2002, at 11:10 , David Vaughan wrote:
>> You need to note the line you selected before the ask dialog and then 
>> reselect it before doing the put statement.
>
> David,
> I rewrite the script:
>
> on mouseUp
>   put the selectedText into vLine -- saving the text
>   ask "How many?" with "1"
>   put it into vNumber
>   select vLine -- select  the text in the Text Field again. Don't seems 
> to work
>   put tab & vNumber after the last word of the selectedText
> end mouseUp

Magnus

I checked this and it worked on a List field with LockText true

on mouseUp
   put the selectedLine into sLine
   ask "how many" with "1"
   select sLine
   put tab & it after the selectedLine
end mouseUp

regards
David
>
> This time (at least) there is another error:
>
> Chunk: error in object expression
> --------------------
> select vLine
> --------------------
>
>
>
> Jeanne,
> I get the old error (Chunk: no target found) when trying this:
>
> on mouseUp
>     ask "How many?"
>     if it is not empty then put tab & it after the selectedLine
>   end mouseUp
>
>
> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 06:41 , Magnus von Brömsen wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a List Field with some lines of text. When clicking a line I 
>>> want the Ask dialog shown, fill in a number and have that number put 
>>> in (with a tab) after the last word of the line.
>>>
>>> 1. This script in the Text Field works:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   put tab & "1" after the last word of the selectedText -- the number 
>>> "1" is an test
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. But if I add the Ask-dialog:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   ask "How many?"
>>>   put tab & it after the last word of the selectedText
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> I have this error:
>>>
>>> Chunk: no target found
>>> --------------------
>>> put tab & it after the last word of the selectedText
>>> --------------------
>>> Value: mouseUp
>>>
>>> I have tried a lot of different ways (clickText, clickLine, 
>>> selectedLine...) but always the same error: "Chunk: no target found"
>>>
>>> Anyone having a solution? An idea? All help will be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Magnus von Brömsen
>>>
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