Newbe Drag & Drop Question

[Douglas Gilliland]

Nicholas,
Worked like a dream! Thank you - you made my day.
And thanks to Eric also. While  Nicholas solved this problem, I did
download your stack and will spend some time studying it.
Again I appreciate all the help.
Doug Gilliland
Sarasota FL



On 7/20/05, Eric Chatonet <eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
> 
> You are right, Rev needs a bit of scripting to handle drag an drop but it's
> a good thing since scripting allows to manage this feature precisely.
> You might be interested in a tutorial about drag and drop you can access
> trough Tutorials Picker.
> Tutorials Picker is available on Rev Online - user: So Smart Software.
> 
> Best Regards from Paris,
> 
> Eric Chatonet.
> 
> 
> Le 20 juil. 05 à 12:46, Douglas Gilliland a écrit :
> 
> 
> 
> I am writing a stack on Density for my students. I want them to drag a 
> 
> cube of iron on to an electronic balance to mass it. The script would 
> 
> change the display of the balance from 0.00 grams to thel mass of the 
> 
> iron sample. 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  I have made the cube draggable by assigning it the following scipt: 
> 
> on mousedown 
> 
> drag me 
> 
> end mousedown 
> 
> That part works great. 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> I attempted to place a hidden button over the balance and use the 
> 
> dragenter message in a variety of ways but cannot get it to work. 
> 
> When I used HyperStudio the dragdrop function was built into the 
> 
> program so I didn't learn how to script it. 
> 
> Any advice for a Dreamcard newbe?
> 
>  
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