open standalone with field selected?

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Rich,

try this:

send "selectMyField" to this stack in 100 milliseconds

then:

on selectMyField
   select the text of field "find"
end selectMyField

You can tweak the 100 milliseconds up or down depending on the wait.

best,

Chipp

Rich Lague wrote:
> I have been trying to create a standalone that will open with a field 
> already selected. I also want the stack to open to a random card. The 
> application is the kind with a 'splash screen' main stack.
> 
>  I have tried several approaches between putting commands in 
> preOpenStack  or in openStack. The script below opens the Rev stack to a 
> random card, but once it is compiled into a standalone app it only opens 
> to the first card. It also does not put "find" into the find field, and 
> the text is not selected. I have put "select the text of field "find"" 
> in the openCard handler of the stack. So, when a new card is opened the 
> text of the find field is selected. But it does not work when the 
> standalone is opened. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks so much!
> Rich Lague
> 
> on openStack
> --  lock screen
>   put random(the number of cds) into aNum
>   go cd aNum
> --  go cd (aNum + 1)
>   put "find" into field "find"
>   select the text of field "find"
> --  unlock screen
> end openStack