Why does this not work ?
Alex Tweedly
alex at tweedly.net
Mon Jun 10 20:44:56 EDT 2019
OK, this code produces an error - but I can't see why (and I worry about
that :-)
I have a field inside a group inside a group ....,
and the following code :
> on mouseup
> local tName, t1, t2
> put the long name of fld "F" into tName
> put tName & ",12,13" into t1
> put "t1" && t1 &CR after msg
>
> put item 1 of t1 into t2
> set the vis of t2 to TRUE
> put "t2 was OK" &CR after msg
>
> set the vis of (item 1 of t1) to TRUE
> put "using parens OK" &CR after msg
>
> set the vis of item 1 of t1 to TRUE -- this line fails !!
> put "here" &CR after msg
>
> end mouseup
that line fails, with the error message
> button "Button": execution error at line 14 (Chunk: error in object
> expression) near "field "F" of group id 1005 of group id 1007 of card
> id 1002 of stack "/Users/alextweedly/Dropbox
> (Personal)/Apps/objectchunk.livecode"
>
I just cant see why that doesn't work :-)
If I use parentheses, or if copy the first item over to a different
variable), then it is all OK. But doing it directly (AFAICT) should
work, and doesn't. What am I misunderstanding ?
Thanks
Alex.
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