Why no closeField messages sent?

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

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Look at the second paragraph under the "Comments" section of Rev's docs 
on the closeField message.

They explicitly state that the "put" command does *not* trigger a 
closeField message (at least as of 2.5).

On Jan 12, 2005, at 5:36 PM, Michael D Mays wrote:

> Compatibilty is extended to the documentation. Neither docs state that 
> the message is sent  only after user interaction.;)
>
> Is there a message sent or property changed  when the field is dirtied?
>
> On Jan 12, 2005, at 10:28 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
>> On 1/11/05 5:14 PM, Michael D Mays wrote:
>>
>>> If I do this from a handler
>>>  select char 1 of fld 1
>>>  select char 2 of fld 2
>>> an exitField message is sent from fld 1. But I cannot 
>>> programatically select a fld, modify it, exit it and generate a 
>>> closeField message.
>>> What am I doing wrong? Is it possible? If not, why not?:)
>>
>> CloseField is only sent after user editing, not after changes from a 
>> script. It may be due to historical reasons, to maintain 
>> compatibility with HyperCard which does the same thing.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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