the object you are editing... Huh?

[Jon]

Is this considered to be a bug?


Dennis Brown wrote:

> This error happens to me all the time under certain circumstances.   
> If I have a script window open, then I go to a group and edit group,  
> then open a script of a button inside that group, it gives the error  
> about the original script window if I try to make any edits in the  
> second window.  It will give the error and close the first script  
> window before editing the new script.  It was quite annoying when I  
> was trying to copy bits of script between windows.  I finally learned  
> to open both windows, the exit the edit group mode before making any  
> edits.  It also works Ok to have the mode set for direct selection of  
> controls inside the groups --that is how I do things now.
>
> Dennis
>
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Pat Trendler wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>>
>> I've tried various other ways to try and force that error msg to  
>> appear. Just couldn't get it to happen.
>> Your explanation for your case is probably right.
>>
>> Re top posting, I don't know. I've seen this discussion on other  
>> lists, and after everybody has had their say - they all go back to  
>> whatever they were doing in the first place.
>>
>> Personally, I prefer top posting.
>>
>> Pat
>> patrend at bigpond.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Miller"  
>> <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com>
>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: the object you are editing... Huh?
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Pat,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your kind attempt to help.
>>>
>>> No, those are not the circumstances. That's why it seemed  
>>> inexplicable. The circumstances you describe would make sense to me.
>>>
>>> I might have found the source of the problem, though.
>>>
>>> There was a handler in this bg left over from Hypercard:
>>>
>>> On closefield
>>>   put me into me
>>>   pass closeField
>>> end closefield
>>>
>>> This might seem insane, but it worked great in HC. The purpose? I  
>>> often paste text from other sources into fields in this bg. I want  
>>> the pasted text to lose its original attributes and take on those  
>>> assigned to text in the field I am pasting into.
>>>
>>> I have a hunch Rev choked on this one. Maybe because the script  
>>> editor is another stack. I suppose the script editor is in the  
>>> hierarchy when I'm editing a script. Or something...
>>>
>>> I commented out this handler, and a couple of other suspicious  
>>> ones, but this is the prime candidate. No problems since then. I'm  
>>> keeping my fingers crossed.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> BTW -- Is it okay to top post on this list? Or does anyone care? I  
>>> just want to follow the rules.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tim,
>>>>
>>>> The only time I have seen this msg is if the stack has been  closed 
>>>> and removed from memory, but the script editor for the  object is 
>>>> still open and I have tried to make changes.
>>>>
>>>> Is that when the msg occurs for you, or does it happen under  
>>>> different circumstances?
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>> patrend at bigpond.com
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Miller"  
>>>> <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com>
>>>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:08 PM
>>>> Subject: the object you are editing... Huh?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> At unpredictable times, when trying to edit a script -- the  
>>>>> script of a card field at the moment -- I get an error message I  
>>>>> can't understand. I'm doing all the logical obvious things that  a 
>>>>> moderately competent novice would do, before and after  
>>>>> encountering this error message. They aren't working.
>>>>>
>>>>> The message:
>>>>>
>>>>> "The object you are editing appears to have been removed or  
>>>>> deleted. Do you want to copy the text you are editing to the  
>>>>> clipboard before closing this script?" The two response buttons  
>>>>> in the error dialog box are "copy and close" and "close"
>>>>>
>>>>> --What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> --What is the significance of this error message? It must occur  
>>>>> for a good reason, but I can't figure it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all those who have generously offered assistance in  the 
>>>>> past week or two.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>
>>
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