"Type" issue?

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi John,

The type command can't work when the insertion point is not placed in a 
field.
So, you might try something like

select text of fld "Result"
type whichKey

Best regards,

Le 9 mai 05, à 11:31, John Ridge a écrit :

> While playing around with numToChar and so on, I put the following 
> silly
> script into a card. It is intended to substitute random characters for 
> the
> one the user types into a text field on the card.
>
> function randomInRange lowerLimit,upperLimit
>  return random(upperLimit - lowerLimit + 1) + lowerLimit - 1
> end randomInRange
>
> on keyDown whichKey
>   put randomInRange (120, 150)into fakeKey
>   put numtoChar (fakeKey)into whichKey
>   put whichKey
>  pass keyDown
> end keyDown
>
> Really silly, of course. As it stands, it simply displays the random
> character in the message box. But if I change "put whichKey" to "type
> whichKey", I get an error message - there is a problem with the 
> function
> handler. I'm puzzled - there wasn't a problem with the function 
> handler a
> moment ago. Why does the change from "put" to "type" generate one? 
> Duh...

Amicalement,

Eric Chatonet.
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