Indirect Reference

[Chipp Walters]

Jim,

Is what you are trying to create is the script:

get the actionStepDueDate of group theGroup
put getTheDate(field it) into field it

???

So why do you need the quotestuff?

Jim Carwardine wrote:

> I¹m having trouble with something that should be very simple to do.  Maybe
> someone can tell me what I¹m missing...
> 
> I¹m building a reference to a specific field in a nested group in a
> scrolling group:
> 
>     get quote & "actionStepDueDate" & quote & " of group " & quote &
> theGroup & quote
>     put getTheDate(field it) into field it
> 
> When I execute this statement, ³it² contains... ³actionStepDueDate² of group
> ³actionStep1²
> 
> I¹m getting an error ­ ³no such object² when I execute the second statement
> and I don¹t see what I¹m doing wrong... Jim