problem with transfert of data from one substack to another one

[John Craig]

Hi, Andre.

The following line will work in the script of 'possibleDuration';
do "put theItem into" && gTheTarget

Otherwise, you are putting the choice into the variable 'gTheTarget' 
instead.

JC



André.Bisseret wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On a card, in a substack I have a field « duration » to be filled in 
> with possible lenghts of time.
> On the card of another substack named « theTools » I have a pop Up 
> button (say « PossibleDurations ») with a list of menu items such as « 
> one day »,… « three days »,…, « one week », …, « three weeks »,…, « 
> one month », …, « three months »,…
>
> In the first substack, the script of the field « duration » is  :
>
> on mouseUp
>   global gTheTarget,
>   -------------------
>   put the long name of me into gTheTarget
>   open stack "theTools"
> end mouseUp
>
> In the substack « theTools », the script of the  button « 
> possibleDurations » is :
>
> on menuPick theItem
>   global gtheTarget,
> ----------------
>   put theItem – in msg
>   put cr & gLaCible after msg
>   put theItem into gTheTarget
> end menuPick
>
> In the message box, theItem and gLaCible are right
>
> But the line « put theItem into gTheTarget » does works ; nothing 
> happens, no error message.
>
> Now I have spent a couple of hours trying to find why, I am completely 
> lost :-((
>
> Could somebody tell me what I am doing wrong ?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help
>
> Best regards from Grenoble
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