Bug???? Discuss please!

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi,

I would say this is a bug indeed. The message is sent, the handler  
MessageY runs, both paths are followed as expected, but "the target"  
and "me" are empty, while "the long id of me" is not empty.

Best,

Mark

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Op 15-nov-2006, om 14:55 heeft Dave het volgende geschreven:

> Hi,
>
> I thought I'd re-visit this as people seem to be in the mood for  
> bug fixing or changing documentation. How should this be filed? I'm  
> really not sure what needs to be changed, I have listed the work  
> arounds I have found at the end. I would suggest that at the very  
> least this is mentioned in the PDF and the Online Docs.
>
> All the Best
> Dave
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> I have a Stack, StackMain.
>
> In StackMain Card 1, I do:
>
> -- On a field
> on MessageX
> put "MessageX" into me
> end MessageX
>
> -- on a button
> on mouseUp
> send "MessageX" to field 1 of card 1 of  stack "StackMain"
> send "MessageY" to field 1 of card 2 of  stack "StackMain"
> end mouseUp
>
>
> In StackMain Card 2 I do:
>
> --On a field
> on MessageY
> put "MessageY" into me
> end MessageY
>
> --on a button
> on mouseUp
> send "MessageY" to field 1 of card 2 of  stack "StackMain"
> end mouseUp
>
>
> If I press the button on Card 1, then MessageX gets called in Card  
> 1 ok and the field gets set to "MessageX". All is fine. MessageY in  
> Card 2 field 1 gets called ok too, BUT the field is NOT set to  
> "MessageY" as expected????? However if I select card 2 and then  
> press the button in Card 2, again the MessageY in Card 2 field 1  
> gets called AND the field is set ok. All is fine.
>
> It seems like the following path does not work:
>
> Card 1:Button 1:mouseUp -->Card2:field 1:MessageY does not work.
>
> But
>
> Card 2:Button 1:mouseUp -->Card2:field1:MessageY works fine.
>
> The weird thing is that the handlers do get called and I have  
> stepped over the statement that does:
> put "MessageY" into me and that seems to work. However, when you  
> select card 2, the field has not been changed.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------------------------------
> KNOWN WORK-AROUNDS:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------------------------------
> 1. Instead of using the form:
>
> put "MessageY" into me
>
> Use:
>
> set the text of the long id of me to "MessageY"
>
> 2.  Set the Shared Text Property in the property inspector of the  
> field.
>
> Easy to solve, VERY HARD to TRACK DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>