grouping objects by script problem

[ron barber]

Thanks Mark and Eric,
this is just what I needed to know and "do"

Ron


On 10/23/07, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> Commands like "select" and "group" can't interprete a string variable
> as a reference. They need to be followed by a true reference to
> objects. The solution is to use the "do" command:
>
> on makeGroup
>    repeat with x = 1 to 4
>      create graphic ("New Object" && x)
>      put "graphic" && quote & x & quote & return after grouplist
>    end repeat
>    replace return with " and " in grouplist
>    delete last word of grouplist
>    do "group" && grouplist
> end makeGroup
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
>
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> Op 23-okt-2007, om 11:09 heeft ron barber het volgende geschreven:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been trying to group a set of controls and graphic objects
> > after creating them via script but can't seem to find out what I'm
> > doing wrong.
> > Here's the relevant part of the script:
> >
> > repeat
> > --do some other stuff here--
> >      create graphic tname
> >      put "graphic"&&quote&tname&quote & return after grouplist
> >     end repeat
> > replace return with " and " in grouplist
> >  delete last word of grouplist
> >  select grouplist
> >  group
> >
> > the error I get is a problem with the "object expression" at the
> > select statement
> >
> > grouplist looks like this:
> > graphic "g1" and graphic "g2" and graphic "g3" and graphic "g4"
> >
> > when I manually enter the above text after the select or group command
> > it works - but it doesn't seem to like the variable?
> >
> > how do I group a bunch of controls etc on a stack that is created
> > on the fly?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ron
>
>
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