setting menuhistory in a repeat loop

[Jim Lambert]

>
> I have a handler with a repeat loop that steps thru a list of button  
> IDs.
> The first time I set the menuhistory of one of these buttons, the  
> repeat loop and the entire handler exits to top without completing.


Found the answer. Instead of:

repeat with x = 1 to 4
	set the menuhistory of btn ("myBtn" & x) to someNumber
end repeat

which will exit to the top as soon as  myBtn1's menuhistory is set,  
leaving the remaining buttons unset, try good old send:

repeat with x = 1 to 4
	send "set the menuhistory of btn" && ("myBtn" & x) to someNumber
end repeat

Jim Lambert