Filling data fields from a multiple choice list

[William de Smet]

Hi frances,

Something like this:
on mouseUp
  put field "test" into button "menu"
end mouseUp

- - button menu
on menuPick pWhich
  put pWhich into field "test2"
end menuPick

William de Smet


2006/4/18, Francis Nugent Dixon <effendi at wanadoo.fr>:
> Hi from Paris,
>
> I have a multi-card stack containing data fields that I must fill in.
> I have a list of standard texts, one of which must be selected
> to be put into my fields.
>
> At the moment, I use an "on mouseUp" handler in the text field
> to go to card 1 and display a text list. This text list has an "on
> mouseUp" handler which uses the clickline function to pick
> up one of the lines, and insert it into my data field.
>
> I works fine, but it requires two clicks (So Sad !).
>
> Can I display, by clicking in my data field, a sort of menu list
> (containing all my possible standard texts), where, by shifting
> the mouse to the required line, I can pick up the text I require
> to fill my data field (something like "pulldown") ?
>
> Having never seen an example of "pulldown", I don't know if
> I can use it for this problem.
>
> Thanks for any advice (you'll save me thousands of clicks !).
>
> -Francis
>
> "Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"
>
>
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