Surprising little issue

[Eric Chatonet]

Scott,

Just one precision:
I have not inserted any error management in the second code:
It's capital of course!

on preOpenCard -- in the stack's script
   local tCurCheckBoxStatus
   -----
   repeat with i = 1 to the number of buttons
   switch the style of btn i
    case "Menu"
      if the uCurStatus of btn i is an integer then set the  
menuHistory of btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
      else -- up to you
      break
    case "CheckBox"
    case "RadioButton"
      if the uCurStatus of btn i is a boolean then  set the hilite of  
btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
      else -- up to you
      break
   case "scale" -- slider
   case "progress" -- progress bar
      if the uCurStatus of btn i is an integer then set the  
thumbPosition of btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
      else -- up to you
   end switch
  end preOpenCard

Each uCurStatus property will be set appropriately: on menuPick, on  
mouseUp, etc. in control's scripts or will be set globally in the  
same way as above in a mouseUp handler in the stack's script.
For instance, in a radio button script:

on mouseUp
   <statements>
   pass mouseUp -- this will allow to trigger the mouseUp event  
higher in the hierarchy
end mouseUp

And in the stack's script:

on mouseUp
   switch the style of the target -- the control that initiated the  
current process
    case "Menu"
      set the uCurStatus of the target to the menuHistory of the target
      break
    case "CheckBox"
    case "RadioButton"
      set the uCurStatus of the target to the hilite of the target
      break
   case "scale" -- slider
   case "progress" -- progress bar
      set the uCurStatus of the target to the thumbPosition of the  
target
   end switch
end mouseUp

Always think of writing the more universal code as you are able :-)

Hope this helps.
Best Regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet

Le 26 nov. 06 à 14:46, Eric Chatonet a écrit :

> Hi Scott,
>
> That's exactly the same problem :-)
>
> on preOpenCard -- in the stack's script
>   local tCurCheckBoxStatus
>   -----
>   if there is a btn "MyCheckBox" then
>     put the uCurCheckBoxStatus of this card into tCurCheckBoxStatus
>     if tCurCheckBoxStatus is a boolean then
>       set the hilite of btn "MyCheckBox" to tCurCheckBoxStatus
>     else set the hilite of btn "MyCheckBox" to true -- or false :-)
>   end if
> end preOpenCard
>
> On the other hand:
>
> on mouseUp -- check box script
>   <Statements>
>   set the uCurCheckBoxStatus of this card to the hilite of me
> end mouseUp
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> BUT you could prefer write a more "global" code:
>
> on preOpenCard -- in the stack's script
>   local tCurCheckBoxStatus
>   -----
>   repeat with i = 1 to the number of buttons
>   switch the style of btn i
>    case "Menu"
>      set the menuHistory of btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
>      break
>    case "CheckBox"
>    case "RadioButton"
>      set the hilite of btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
>      break
>   case "scale" -- slider
>   case "progress" -- progress bar
>     set the thumbPosition of btn i to the uCurStatus of btn i
>   end switch
>  end preOpenCard
>
> Etc.
> And each value will be stored in a custom property stored in the  
> control itself (not the card)
>
> Actually custom properties are very convenient.
> They did not exist in HC.
> Then many users coming from this environment don't take them into  
> consideration :-(
> What a pity :-)
>
> PS. To know the style of any Rev control just create a new stack  
> with all kinds of objects and put in the card script: "on mouseUp;  
> put the style of the target;end mouseUp ;-)
>
> Best Regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet
>
> Le 26 nov. 06 à 14:26, Scott Kane a écrit :
>
>> Eric kindly helped me with the issue of storing a list object in a  
>> custom property and it works beautifully (this is a stack with  
>> multiple cards with objects set a background groups).  I've been  
>> trying to do something similar with checkboxes.  However I don't  
>> seem to be able to get it to stick. Anyone care to share a simple  
>> routine to store the checked status of a checkbox as a custom  
>> property so that each car can have a boolen result that may be  
>> different to another card in that stack?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Scott
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