Why no closeField messages sent?

[Michael D Mays]

I see that now.:) RTM, right?

I was thrown off by the use of "focus"
->
Sent to a field when the focus is being removed from that field and the 
field's content has changed.
<-
and the focus command. In my mind the user selects and types; the 
programer shifts focus. In fact the focus does change when the user 
selects a field. But also the focus can change without any user 
interaction.

In fact a put into the fld can stifle the closeField message. Make a 
card with two flds. In fld 1

  on keyDown theKey
   if theKey is "r" then
    put " rule " after fld 1
    exit keyDown
else
  pass keyDown
end if
end keyDown

In the card's script trap the closeField message

on closeField
   beep
end closeField

Now type 'dogsr<tab>' (where <tab> is the tab key).

No beep even though the user has clicked and typed in the field.

But you can type 'dogsrtheworld<tab>' and get a closeField to fire off.

I understand the compatibility problems with HyperCard and now in turn 
Revolution, but shouldn't there be a fieldTouched and/or fieldDirtied 
message?

Michael

On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:42 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

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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
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