clear fields

[Klaus Major]

Hi Bob,

looks like i misunderstood that i misunderstood you :-D

> Hi Bob,
>
>
>> You wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I have a script that clears the contents of fields in cards.
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   repeat with x = 1 to the number of flds
>>>    put empty into fld x
>>> end repeat end mouseUp
>>>
>>> Now this works ok except that the card has some labels and the  
>>> script
>>> clears the label contents.
>>>
>>> All the text fields are called field1, field2 etc
>>>
>>> so I thought of doing this on mouseUp
>>>   repeat with x = 1 to the number of flds
>>>     if the name of fld x is "field &*"
>>>   then put empty into fld x
>>> end repeat end mouseUp
>>>
>>> But I don't ge tthe fields clearing. I tried variations on the  
>>> "field & *"
>>>
>> Then I thought that since the field is number x and the fields are  
>> field1,
>> field2 etc then
>> on mouseUp
>>   repeat with x = 1 to the number of flds
>>     if the name of fld x is "field" & "x"
>>    then put empty into fld x
>> end repeat
>> end mouseUp
>
> sorry, i misunderstood you.

See above :-D

> You need brackets :-)
> on mouseUp
>   repeat with x = 1 to the number of flds
>     if the name of fld x = ("field" & "x") then
>          put empty into fld x
>     end if
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>> No luck there
>>
>
> This will work, since the string will be evaluated first and without
> the brackets the engine will only look for a field -> "field", but  
> with the
> brackets it will evaluate the string first to -> "field1" etc... in  
> the loop.
>
> Brackets are necessary most of the time when it comes to strings! :-)
>
>
>> bob

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
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