Another newb question - How to you clear a field?

[Richmond Mathewson]

Stephen Cox wrote:

"Be easy in an OOP language"

that begs the question:

Have you ever tried saying "Please can I have a glass of beer?" in 
Bulgarian?

I find it easy, because I speak the language.

However, ask me to clear a field in an OOP language and I be quite 
unable to do it.  :)

Actually, Joe Lewis Wilkins' advice is very good indeed. Coupled with 
the PDF file
that comes with RR, the in-built Documentation, and; speaking as somebody
who works down in the "babyish end" of Runtime Revolution programming:
ME. Ask away, and I will either give you an answer, or, at worst, say that I
don't know. Luckily this is a fantastic list where most contributors are not
going to look down their noses at you, but, more likely, bend over backwards
to help you.

" It's just different from anything else on the market."

Nonsense!  :)  Supercard (which only works on Mac and Windows) is also
descended from Hypercard and uses a programming language that has
evolved from Hypertalk.

Toolbook has also evolved from the same origins (although the relation is
now about as clear as that between an elephant and a hyrax).

What is, maybe, different, is the metaphor of a stack of cards, and the idea
that every object has its own script that appears in its own 
instantiation of
the script editor - unlike, for instance, the long list of object codes in
Visual Basic.  The language is, 99% of the time, a lot less obscure than 
other
programming languages because its predecessor, Hypertalk, was initially
designed for non-programmers. Once you realise that, relax a bit (the
learning curve is not nearly as bad as scaling Mount Everest), and do a bit
of thinking about how the metaphor might work you should get up to
speed relatively quickly; especially if you can silence all the niggles and
doubts leaking in from your knowledge of other programming environments.

Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> The majority of us who use Rev have a background in HyperCard; going 
> way back. There are an abundance of inexpensive, used books on that 
> topic. Since much of the "basic" rev language is derived from HC, 
> reading such a book would be an easy method of cluing you in to Rev's 
> language. For HyperCard the language was called HyperTalk. I wouldn't 
> be surprised if there were a great deal of commentary regarding same 
> on the Web. You might want to Google it and see what you come up with. 
> Otherwise, I suppose this list is your best source for that kind of help.
>
> Joe  Wilkins
>
> On May 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Stephen Cox wrote:
>
>> The biggest problem I am having is figuring out what to search for. The
>> language is so unique. So take my question about emptying a field. Be 
>> easy
>> in an OOP language: empty(Text_field.text) - or something to that 
>> effect.
>> So I would search on "empty" and get tons of info on the function and
>> various examples.. AND user comments.
>>
>> Now in Revolution it's also easy but completely different then any of
>> language. So I search the Dictionary on "empty", got nothing; then "Text
>> Entry Field", got nothing; then asked here.
>>
>> I'm not harping on Revolution. I like it. It's just different from 
>> anything
>> else on the market. So a FAQ that shows JAVA or C syntax alongside
>> Revolution would be a god-send. Just some common functions and 
>> procedures.
>> The manual is good, but has no reference to other languages. It would 
>> help
>> get my head out of OOP into Revolution.
>
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