Where to put the ( ) ?
Alex Tweedly
alex at tweedly.net
Thu Aug 25 20:04:15 EDT 2005
Jason Vickers wrote:
>Hi all,
>I have a field with "list behavior" selected as a property. I want to be able to select the clickText and put it into a variable and simultaneously put the line number into a variable. The code for it is generating a compile error.
>
>When the card opens, I get the following error.
>
>compiling at 6:38:35 AM
>Type Function: missing '('
>Object tests
>Line put the value of clickLine of field "tests" into txtLocation
>Hint
>
>There is no hint....
>
>Here is the code for that:
>
>local txtLocation
>on mouseDown
> put the clickText into selectTest
> put the value of clickLine of field "tests" into txtLocation
>end mouseDown
>
>
clickLine is a function - it should be used as either
... the clickline ...
or
... clickline() ....
I think you don't want the <<of field "tests">> part - the example in
the docs is simply
put the value of the clickLine into textOfClickedLine
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