Understanding the long ID?

[Mark Talluto]

On May 15, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> I'm using the latest release of Rev 2.8.1
>
> I create a new stack, add a single fld and a single button. In the  
> button
> script I add:
>
> on mouseUp
>  put the long ID of fld 1 into tID
>  set the disabled of tID to not the disabled of tID
>  put "fred" into tID
> end mouseUp
>
> When I press it, the field becomes disabled alternately (as  
> expected). The
> disabled is only here to show that tID is referenced correctly.
>
> But, "fred" never gets put in the field? I wonder why? Is this a bug?
>
> BTW, this does work:
>
> set the text of tID to "fred"


I think it is a bug.  I guess I have always worked around it with:

put "fred" into fld id (word 3 of tID)


Mark Talluto
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