I can't send a message with a field to another handler

[J. Landman Gay]

On 8/2/12 5:48 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM,  <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:
>> If you do not specify a full pathname (or LC-type "pathname"), LC will assume you are on the same card.
>>
>>
>> So just change your code to ...fld tgt of cd "yourcard" [of stack "otherStack"]
>
> that works when I spell it out (which is what I did when using
> straight arithmetic instead of formatting)
>
> The problem is passing the target field as a variable; livecode
> handles tgt containing "myfield" just fine, but I haven't found a way
> to send it "myfield of that other card" without it looking for a field
> on the same card with that name.
>

Pass "the long name" or "the long ID" of the target field.

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