Basic question about behaviors

[William Prothero]

Thanks, Paul. That worked.
Bill

William A. Prothero
https://earthlearningsolutions.org

> On Aug 25, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Paul Hibbert via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill, try this in the behaviour button script:
> 
> on mouseUp
>  put the long name of this me into theName  —theName will contain the long name of the behaviour button.
> end mouseUp
> 
> put this me into theName - would put the value contained in the text property of the behaviour button into theName. In standard, default and rectangle buttons we don’t normally use the text property, but there’s nothing stopping you from using it if you wish, you just need to populate it first. :)
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On 25Aug, 2020, at 15:48, William Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>>  put  this me into theName  —theName is blank.
>> end mouseUP
> 
> 
> 
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