Getting all the fields/buttons

[Ivers, Doug E]

Ok, first I added "of stack theStackName" back in...

on listAllFields theStackName
  put empty into theFieldList
  repeat with i = 1 to the number of fields of stack theStackName
    put (the long name of field i of stack theStackName) &cr after theFieldList
  end repeat
  put theFieldList
end listAllFields

... but this doesn't seem to get all the fields in my testing.


-- D


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Ray [mailto:kray at sonsothunder.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:34 AM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Getting all the fields/buttons
> 
> 
> Doug,
> 
> In Rev, all fields can be retrieved at once... there 
> technically aren't any
> "card fields" or "background fields" (although you can use 
> those references
> to retain older HyperCard/SuperCard scripting techniques). 
> You can get all
> the fields this way:
> 
> on listAllFields theStackName
>   put empty into theFieldList  -- Note this is not necessary as all
> first-used variables are empty by default
>   repeat with i = 1 to the number of fields
>     put (the long name of field i) &cr after theFieldList
>   end repeat
>   put theFieldList
> end listAllFields
> 
> BTW: Unless you really need the names, I would recommend 
> using "long id"
> rather than "long name" - it is more accurate and less prone 
> to confusion
> (for example, if you have two fields named "Test", they would 
> both have the
> same long name).
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivers, Doug E" <Doug_Ivers at lord.com>
> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:09 AM
> Subject: Getting all the fields/buttons
> 
> 
> > Is this the best way to "get" all the fields of a stack 
> once and only
> once?
> > (Ultimately, I want to be able to change the font of all 
> the fields in a
> > stack, but for now this just lists them.)
> >
> >
> > on listAllFields theStackName
> >   put empty into theFieldList
> >   -- bg fields
> >   repeat with i = 1 to the number of backgrounds of stack 
> theStackName
> >     repeat with j = 1 to the number of fields of background 
> i of stack
> theStackName
> >       get the long name of field j of background i of stack 
> theStackName
> >       put it&return after theFieldList
> >     end repeat
> >   end repeat
> >   -- cd fields
> >   repeat with i = 1 to the number of cards of stack theStackName
> >     repeat with j = 1 to the number of fields of card i of stack
> theStackName
> >       get the owner of field j of card i of stack theStackName
> >       if (word 1 of it is "group") then next repeat
> >       get the long name of field j of card i of stack theStackName
> >       put it&return after theFieldList
> >     end repeat
> >   end repeat
> >   -- output
> >   put theFieldList
> > end listAllFields
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