value of variable

[Klaus Major]

Hi Hershel,

>
> On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 06:25 PM, Devin Asay wrote:
>
>> I think it's because you put the string "tab" into the variable 
>> instead of the constant tab (ASCII 9). Does it work if you use
>>
>> put tab into myVar
>>
>> ?
> Yes, Thanks . But
> on mouseUp
>   answer "What kink of file are you putting ?" with "Tab Delimited" 
> and "Comma Delimited" and "Cancel"--and on
>   put word 1 of it into sFileType
>   if sFileType is "cancel" then
>     exit mouseUp
>   else
>     answer file "a"
>     put it  into fld "f1"
>     do " put URL" & quote & "file:"& it & quote &" "&"into fld" &" "& 
> quote & "f1" & quote
>     replace sFileType with "'" in fld "f1"
>   end if
> end mouseUp
> how would I do this ?

...
  replace value(sFileType) with "'" in fld 1
...

Tested and works :-)

> Hershel

Best

Klaus Major
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