rename field on insertion

[Klaus Major]

Hi Bob,

> Hi All.
>
> I have a Textfield (TxA1) on a card in one stack (a template stack)  
> and I have a button on this card that inserts it into a card in 
> another stack "working stack". If I click on the button again it 
> inserts a Textfield again. OK it is supposed to do this.
>
> However, "both" the textfields are called TxA1. I want to name the 
> first field TxA1, but I want the second textfield to be called TxA2 
> and if there was a third click then the third field to be TxA3.
>
> So the button click on stack template would have to read textfields in 
> the working stack and if they exist, determine the largest number 
> after TxA in the name and insert a textfield with TxA? +1
>
> Any ideas on how this can be done?

Hmmm, quick and dirty guess ;-)

Use a customproperty "curnum" = "current number" in your button and 
"initialize" it
on openstack or opencard or whenever to 1 AND keep the original name of 
your template field:

(If you are not used to customproperties: a global var will do, too :-)

...
set the curnum of btn "xyz" to 1
...

Now script this in this namely button:

on mouseup
    put the curnum of me into freddy
    set the short name of fld "template field" to ("TxA" & freddy)
    copy fld  ("TxA" & freddy) to stack ...
    set the the short name of fld (TxA" & freddy) to "template field"
    ## Give it the original name, so we dont have to keep book of the 
new names
    ## of the field, too ;-)

   set the curnum of me to (freddy + 1)
   ## Raise counter, ready for the next field...
end mouseup

Not tested, but should work!
(Famous last words ;-)

> Beyond me.
>
> Cheers
> Bob

Hope that helps...


Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de