Object Reference in Variable?

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote:

>> I'm having trouble remembering how to get Rev to see object references in
>> variables, as opposed to the variable data.  For example, if I script:
 
>>   put the long id of field 1 into tField
>>   put the number of lines of tField
 
>> I'll get '1' in the message box regardless of how may lines field 1
>> contains.  I could have sworn there was a way to get this work without using
>> "do" or using "the text of tField".  Is my memory faulty?
 
> The only one I can think of offhand is "value", which executes at about
> the same speed as "do":
 
>     put the long id of field 1 into tField
>     put the number of lines of value(tField)

I would say the benefit of this is being able to avoid writing out
complicated do statements.  Nice.

But, while something like this works:

  put the number of lines of value(tField)

Rev refuses to compile this:

  delete line 2 of value(tField)

Error reads: Commands: missing ','

Any idea why?

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design