You cannot put stuff before the Message Box

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Wed Aug 19 09:10:10 EDT 2009


Craig,

on mouseUp
      repeat with x = 1 to 10
           put x & cr & msg
      end repeat
end mouseUp

Btw I have always considered the results in the message box as  
something uneditable and have no problems with that.

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On 19 aug 2009, at 15:05, DunbarX at aol.com wrote:

> The thing here is that if there is already a selection in the  
> message box,
> a blinking cursor or hillited text, you cannot select before (or  
> after)
> either the "results" field or the "message" field. It only works if  
> there is no
> selection at all.
>
> Trying to do so selects all the text in the "message" field, even if  
> you
> explicitly name the "results" field. This is written into the IDE.  
> Some people
> find this counterintuitive. I'll bet you do too.
>
> It can be unwritten; see my last two posts.
>
> Craig Newman
>
>
> In a message dated 8/18/09 9:12:06 PM, shaosean at wehostmacs.com writes:
>
>
>> put WHATEVER before fld "results" of stack "message box"
>>




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