Any suggestions?

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Charles,
I gotta vow to test any scripts I publish!

Here's the fixes:

second line of the script should be "put zero into x".

I think that will fix the other problem too, but let me know if not.


Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Charles Szasz <cszasz at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> I have been working with your suggestions on the following script:
>
> put the number of buttons of me into nbr
>    put 1 into x
>    repeat with n = 1 to nbr
>       put the short name of button n of me into tName
>       if not the hilite of button n of me then next repeat
>       add 1 to x
>       put x & "." & space & tName & cr after theList
>    end repeat
>    put round(the height of field "final" / the textheight of field
> "final",0) into tMaxLines
>
>    put line 1 to tMaxLines of theList into field "final"
>    if x> tMaxLines then
>       put line tMaxLines+1 to x of thelist into field "final2"
>       show field "final2"
>    else
>       put empty into field "final2"
>       hide field "final2"
>    end if
>
> This script works but I have  encountered two significant problems. First,
> the first checkbox that is checked and inserted into field "final" is
> numbered as 2. instead of 1.  The second problem is that when field "final"
> is "filled up" with the names of the checkboxes, the last checkbox name
> cannot be seen in field "final" and consequently the next checkbox that is
> inserted into the next field "final2" shows the next number. In other
> words, checkbox numbered 13 does not show up in field "final" but checkbox
> numbered 14 appears in field "final2".  Do you have any suggestions?
>
> Charles Szasz
> cszasz at mac.com
>
>
>
>
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