the object you are editing... Huh?

[Dennis Brown]

Jon,

I don't know if it is actually a bug or not.  It did not blow up.  It  
warned me that It could not continue in that mode for some reason.   
It just forced the other window to close.  Rev error messages are not  
always the most helpful to understanding what the real problem is.  I  
just learned to do my work in a different mode that did not cause a  
problem.

Dennis

On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:51 AM, Jon wrote:

> Is this considered to be a bug?
>
>
> Dennis Brown wrote:
>
>
>> This error happens to me all the time under certain  
>> circumstances.   If I have a script window open, then I go to a  
>> group and edit group,  then open a script of a button inside that  
>> group, it gives the error  about the original script window if I  
>> try to make any edits in the  second window.  It will give the  
>> error and close the first script  window before editing the new  
>> script.  It was quite annoying when I  was trying to copy bits of  
>> script between windows.  I finally learned  to open both windows,  
>> the exit the edit group mode before making any  edits.  It also  
>> works Ok to have the mode set for direct selection of  controls  
>> inside the groups --that is how I do things now.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Pat Trendler wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Tim,
>>>
>>> I've tried various other ways to try and force that error msg to   
>>> appear. Just couldn't get it to happen.
>>> Your explanation for your case is probably right.
>>>
>>> Re top posting, I don't know. I've seen this discussion on other   
>>> lists, and after everybody has had their say - they all go back  
>>> to  whatever they were doing in the first place.
>>>
>>> Personally, I prefer top posting.
>>>
>>> Pat
>>> patrend at bigpond.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Miller"   
>>> <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com>
>>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: the object you are editing... Huh?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Pat,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your kind attempt to help.
>>>>
>>>> No, those are not the circumstances. That's why it seemed   
>>>> inexplicable. The circumstances you describe would make sense to  
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> I might have found the source of the problem, though.
>>>>
>>>> There was a handler in this bg left over from Hypercard:
>>>>
>>>> On closefield
>>>>   put me into me
>>>>   pass closeField
>>>> end closefield
>>>>
>>>> This might seem insane, but it worked great in HC. The purpose?  
>>>> I  often paste text from other sources into fields in this bg. I  
>>>> want  the pasted text to lose its original attributes and take  
>>>> on those  assigned to text in the field I am pasting into.
>>>>
>>>> I have a hunch Rev choked on this one. Maybe because the script   
>>>> editor is another stack. I suppose the script editor is in the   
>>>> hierarchy when I'm editing a script. Or something...
>>>>
>>>> I commented out this handler, and a couple of other suspicious   
>>>> ones, but this is the prime candidate. No problems since then.  
>>>> I'm  keeping my fingers crossed.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> BTW -- Is it okay to top post on this list? Or does anyone care?  
>>>> I  just want to follow the rules.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tim,
>>>>>
>>>>> The only time I have seen this msg is if the stack has been   
>>>>> closed and removed from memory, but the script editor for the   
>>>>> object is still open and I have tried to make changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that when the msg occurs for you, or does it happen under   
>>>>> different circumstances?
>>>>>
>>>>> Pat
>>>>> patrend at bigpond.com
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Miller"   
>>>>> <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com>
>>>>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:08 PM
>>>>> Subject: the object you are editing... Huh?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> At unpredictable times, when trying to edit a script -- the   
>>>>>> script of a card field at the moment -- I get an error message  
>>>>>> I  can't understand. I'm doing all the logical obvious things  
>>>>>> that  a moderately competent novice would do, before and  
>>>>>> after  encountering this error message. They aren't working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The object you are editing appears to have been removed or   
>>>>>> deleted. Do you want to copy the text you are editing to the   
>>>>>> clipboard before closing this script?" The two response  
>>>>>> buttons  in the error dialog box are "copy and close" and "close"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --What is the significance of this error message? It must  
>>>>>> occur  for a good reason, but I can't figure it out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to all those who have generously offered assistance in   
>>>>>> the past week or two.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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