new user with a question

[Daniel Wenger]

Thank you. Your email was helpful. It is a question of orienting  
myself with regard to the new language.

Daniel Wenger

On Aug 7, 2005, at 10:18 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Daniel Wenger wrote:
>
>> I am new to this list and hope that I am not posing a simple  
>> problem,  but perhaps an interesting one.
>> I have imported a HyperCard Stack into Revolution Studio.
>> I have added a field to the stack.
>> The field shows up while doing a Find and Replace as a field. I  
>> can  edit the script of the field.
>> The field does not show up using the Application Browser.
>> I can select the field with the pointer and view its properties, etc.
>>
>
> If you put the field on the card, then make sure you've selected  
> the right card in the App Browser. If that isn't the problem, then  
> try closing and re-opening the App Browser. It may be a refresh  
> problem.
>
>
>> If I place text into the field and attempt to
>> put line 1 of field xxx
>> I get a Message Execution Error.
>>
>
> What's the error? If it is "no such object" and the field is a card  
> field, then you need to use "put line 1 of cd fld xxx". If you want  
> a new background field, then you have to edit the group and create  
> the field in there.
>
> All imported HC stacks automatically have their HCAddressing  
> property set to true, which means you must refer to objects the  
> same way you do in HC. Card fields have to be specified as such.  
> You can set that property to false, and then you don't need the "cd  
> fld" specification; just calling it "field xxx" will work.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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