problem with transfert of data from one substack to another one

[Eric Chatonet]

Bonjour André,

When you write "put theItem into gTheTarget", the engine understands  
that you want to put the parameter theItem into the global variable  
gTheTarget.
If you add at the end of your menuPick handler "put gTheTarget" you  
will check this.
But...
if you write do "put theItem into" && gTheTarget, the engine will  
substitute the value of gTheTarget and put the value in the field.
And I assume it's what you want :-)

Check the do command in the docs: it's an invaluable command even if  
you have to know that using do can slow down code execution.
But in this case it will be always unnoticeable.

Best Regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet

Le 22 nov. 06 à 18:23, André.Bisseret a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> On a card, in a substack I have a field « duration » to be filled  
> in with possible lenghts of time.
> On the card of another substack named « theTools » I have a pop Up  
> button (say « PossibleDurations ») with a list of menu items such  
> as « one day »,… « three days »,…, « one week », …, « three weeks », 
> …, « one month », …, « three months »,…
>
> In the first substack, the script of the field « duration » is  :
>
> on mouseUp
>   global gTheTarget,
>   -------------------
>   put the long name of me into gTheTarget
>   open stack "theTools"
> end mouseUp
>
> In the substack « theTools », the script of the  button «  
> possibleDurations » is :
>
> on menuPick theItem
>   global gtheTarget,
> ----------------
>   put theItem – in msg
>   put cr & gLaCible after msg
>   put theItem into gTheTarget
> end menuPick
>
> In the message box, theItem and gLaCible are right
>
> But the line « put theItem into gTheTarget » does works ; nothing  
> happens, no error message.
>
> Now I have spent a couple of hours trying to find why, I am  
> completely lost :-((
>
> Could somebody tell me what I am doing wrong ?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help
>
> Best regards from Grenoble
> André

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