Call vs Send

[Dennis Brown]

Thanks Robert,Dick,Dar,Richard,, --empty item at end of list in case  
I forgot anyone ;-)

That is the answer I need.  In my button or field script I can just put:

on mouseUp --this was actually called by another button and not  
actually clicked on by me
   DoMyFieldScript --couldn't be simpler
end mouseUp

Then in the card I put:

on DoMyFieldScript
   put the long name of the target into myCompletePath
   put (token 1 to 5 of the long name of the target&quote into  
myNameAndGroup
   put the id of the target into myID --many ways to use this reference
   put (token 1 to 5 of the long name of fld id myID)&quote into  
myNameAndGroup
   put the short name of fld id myID into myName
   etc.,etc.,etc...
end DoMyFieldScript

This is such a basic concept for consolidating multiple object  
scripts that need to refer to the calling object --and it turns out  
to be simple.  It seems like a whole scripting tutorial could be  
devoted to all the theme and variations on this target etc. concept.   
A simple example of each variation along with how and why it should  
be used would be a great reference.  I am sure there are many more  
tricks like this than I am aware of yet.

Dennis


On Jun 8, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote:

>> On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Dick Kriesel wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You can find the name of the group that contains the target in  
>>> "the long
>>> name of the target."
>>>
>>
>
> Hmm, I just created two groups named differently, each with a  
> button of the same name. Each button called same a handler on the  
> card with:
>
>  get the short name of the owner of the target
>
> This returned a different, and correct, group name depending which  
> button I clicked.
>
> Isn't this what the original poster wanted?
>
> Similarly
>
>   get the id of the target
>
> returns the proper, and unique, id of the button clicked. So while  
> the target itself returns incomplete description to uniquely  
> identify an object, it can still be used to get unique  
> identification as far as I can see.
>
> Robert
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