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

[Terry Judd]

On 03/08/2012, at 04:21 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Dr. Hawkins
> 
>> Just to be clear here, it's not the mechanics of getting it there, but
>> rather the content format of the message.
>> 
> 
> I believe the tricks are:
> 
> 1) send the parameters as long names
> 2) you then have to use 'the text of' to get the numbers
> 3) you then need to 'set the text of' to change the content - it is a
> property you are dealing with
> 
> so
> 
> on closeField
>  --it's on this card
>  put the long name of field "SubTotal" into tRef1
>  --it's on another card
>  put the long name of field "GrandTotal" of card "Summary" into tRef2
> 
>  dlrAdd me, tRef1, tRef2
> 
> --any other stuff
> 
> end closeField
> 
> In a stack or library script:
> 
> on dlrAdd pAmt, tRef1, tRef2
>   set the text of tRef2 to pAmt + the text of tRef1
> end dlrAdd


set the text of tRef2 to pAmt+value(tRef1)

will also work

Terry...

Dr Terry Judd
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Medical Eduction Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne