Getting a field name

[Dave Calkins]

On Monday, April 5, 2004, at 09:00  AM, 
use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> Subject: Re: Getting a field name
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> On Monday, April 5, 2004, at 08:22 AM, Jim Hurley wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but got stuck in an endless
>> wait. I don't see why that should have happened.
>
> Add 'with messages' to this line:
>
>>
>>   wait until gClickedField is not empty
>
> Alternately, you can drop that and do the work (the part after the
> wait) in the frontscript mouseup.
>
> (In the front script mouseUp, you alternately can pass the mouseUp
> instead of putting the cancel message in the field.  This allows you to
> get to a field with some clicks.)
>
> Dar Scott
>

Maybe I missed something in the original, but how about using the 
target rather than a repeat structure.

get the short name of the target


Dave Calkins