Script Improvement Advice

[T. R. Ponn]

Hello Paul,

This looks like a fun one.

I'd do something like this:

Create a scrolling field and name it Data1
Put your data into the scrolling field in the form: 
H,Hydrogen,1,1.08,37,N/A,........  with 1 element to a line.
Set the script to:
on mouseUp
     hide me
end mouseUp
Now lock the field and hide it.

Create and name all your buttons: Sb...Cr...He...H...  etc
Do not put any script in these buttons.

Create and name your "output" fields: Data2...Data3...Data4
No scriptiung required in these fields

Set the script of the card to:
on mouseUp
  if the optionKey is down then --If you want to edit the scrolling field
    show fld "Data1"
    exit mouseUp
  end if
  get line (lineOffset(cr&the short name of the target&",",fld 
"Data1")+1) of fld "Data1"
  repeat with i=2 to the number of items of it
    put item i of it into fld ("Data"&i)
  end repeat
end mouseUp

I tried it here and it seems to work fine.

You could also skip the scrolling field and put the data into an 
external text file.

Best Regards,

Tim Ponn



Paul Charlesworth wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> I am working on my first ever programming project, a simple periodic 
> table, and have created the interface using colored buttons. At the 
> bottom of the screen I have an area with elemental properties. This is 
> basically a Tab area (for future options) and a series of fields for 
> each property.
>
> What I would like to know is the most elegant beginners way to script 
> the placement of properties into each field on pressing an element 
> button. At this point I am adding the following script to each button:
>
> on mouseup
>   put "Hydrogen" into field "ElementNameField"
>   put "1" into field "AtomicNumberField"
>   put "1.008" into field "AtomicMassField"
>   put "37" into field "AtomicRadiusField"
>   put "N/A" into field "IonicRadiusField"
>   put "1" into field "OxidationStatesField"
>   put "gas" into field "StateField"
>   put "8.9E-5" into field "DensityField"
>   put "-259" into field "MeltingPointField"
>   put "-253" into field "BoilingPointField"
>   put "0.12" into field "HeatFusionField"
>   put "0.90" into field "HeatVapField"
>   put "14.90" into field "SpecificHeatField"
>   put "0.002" into field "ThermalCondField"
>   put "13.60" into field "IonizationEnergyField"
>   put "0.75" into field "ElectronAffinityField"
>   put "2.2" into field "ElectronegativityField"
>   put "1400" into field "AbundanceField"
> end mouseup
>
>
> It works great, but I hoping to learn if there was a better way that 
> might improve speed or save file size. My next questions will probably 
> be about icons, about boxes, building, and distribution.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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