List field behavior

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Sat Jan 31 09:16:56 EST 2004


Hi Bob,

>I have a list field with three lines in a test stack.  When line 2 
>is deleted (via msg box),
>line 2 is deleted but line 3 does not move into line 2's place. The 
>number of lines still shows 3.  In SuperCard,  Line 3 moves to line 
>2's position and the number of lines is 2.
>If I add a line(via the msg box), the added line goes into the 
>deleted line 2 position.

What syntax are you using to accomplish this?  When line 2 is blanked 
but line three does not move up, it sounds like you "put empty into 
line 2 of field [fieldName]" instead of "delete line 2 of field 
[fieldName]."

What syntax do you use to add the line?
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Rob Cozens
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