move textbox script

[Bob Hartley]

At 16:53 11/07/2004, you wrote:
>Hi all.



HEY HEY HEY :-)

I found this one on the list.

on mouseStillDown
   set the loc of me to the mouseLoc
end mouseStillDown


Works absolutely perfectly. I'm on a roll now.

All the bestBob


>I've been trying things for the last 3 hours on this one command and cant 
>seem to manage it.
>
>I want to take an object (text field) in this type of app and move it to 
>another location in the same flatfile.
>see http://www.gla.ac.uk/~rh82p/ide.jpg
>
>I used the grab command but it didn't work.
>
>I then tried to find the info in the docs and got this (after an hour)
>
>on mousedown
>   if the location of button 3 is within the rect of testfield then selectIt
>   set the location of this card to the mouseLoc
>end mousedown
>
>Then I tried this but could not even apply it
>on mouseup
>   move field "testfield" to the mouseLocation in 30 ticks
>end mouseup
>
>yet it was in the doc's
>
>And tried
>on mousedown
>   move field "testfield" to the mouseLocation in 30 ticks
>end mousedown
>
>Marianne suggested the person add in the coordinates with
>repeat with j = 1 to the number of buttons
>    Ask "Desired vertical"
>    put it into v
>
>    Ask "Desired horizontal"
>    put it into h
>
>    set the loc of btn j to v, h
>end repeat
>
>This is useable but I really need to be able to drag the textbox and let 
>it go in the desired position. Note: I can do this but I want the 
>recipient to do this and they will not have runrev. I know I then need to 
>put things in a datafield but I wanted to test the script one thing at a 
>time. :-)
>
>All I want to do it click on a text field and have it move to where I drag it.
>
>Cheers
>Bob; pulling what little hair he has, out. :-)
>
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