how to click at a link in a handler

[André.Bisseret]

Le Thursday, 2 Feb 2006, à 21:43 Europe/Paris, Jim Ault a écrit :

> On 2/2/06 11:39 AM, "André.Bisseret" <Andre.Bisseret at inria.fr> wrote:
>> Le Thursday, 2 Feb 2006, à 19:14 Europe/Paris, Jim Ault a écrit :
>>>
>>> On 2/2/06 10:03 AM, "André.Bisseret" <Andre.Bisseret at inria.fr> wrote:
>>>> find line 1 of fld "FoundCards"
>>>>   click at the foundLoc
>>>>
>>>> When they are in the script, It does what I want (the right card
>>>> appears) but I get the error "click: expression is not a point" !??
>>>>
>>> If you know what the link does, why not just execute that step and
>>> forget
>>> about clicking on the link?
>> It's because, in fact, a click on a link of the list of cards does not
>> only show the corresponding card to the user but does others actions 
>> on
>> this card (looking for keywords, highlighting them by setting their
>> backgroundColor, making visible a button (which allow to set the
>> backgroundColor to empty, …).
>> So I would like to simply click on the link to avoid to duplicate the
>> scripting of these actions.
>>
>> Thanks for your kind attention
>> André
> I guess my point is that if the link click initiates some handler or 
> set of
> actions, why not just call that handler directly?  Maybe I just don't
> understand what your link actually does when you click it.
>
> Maybe I should ask...
> Is the link click calling a handler?
yes
> If so, is the handler located at the field, card, or stack level?
it was at the field level
> Is the handler different for each line/field/card?
no, it is the same for each line in the field
>
> Placement of "the scripting of these actions" might make future 
> enhancements
> easier and more powerful.
So I placed the handler (a part of it), as a custom command, at the 
stack level and it works well. Thanks Jim, but…
it remains that I don't understand why clicking at the foundloc of a 
link (in a handler) triggers this error message.
well, I sleep well anyway :-)),  it is only one more mystery !
all the best from Grenoble
André