Understanding the long ID?

[J. Landman Gay]

Trevor DeVore wrote:
> On May 15, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
> 
>> I'm using the latest release of Rev 2.8.1
>>
>> I create a new stack, add a single fld and a single button. In the button
>> script I add:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>  put the long ID of fld 1 into tID
>>  set the disabled of tID to not the disabled of tID
>>  put "fred" into tID
>> end mouseUp
> 
> Hi Chipp,
> 
> You are using "put" with a variable so "fred" is put into the variable tID.
> When using a variable to reference a field you need to:
> 
> set the text of tID to "fred"
> 

Or the dreaded "do":

   do "put" &&quote& "fred" &quote&& "into tID"

Setting the text is easier.

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