How to hilite a checkbox with send mouseup?

[Jim Ault]

On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:

> Hello,
>
> when sending:  send "mouseup" to btn "test" the button gets the  
> mouseUp
> command, but doesn't hilite, though it's property Autohilite is true.
>
> Do I really have to set additionally the hilite of that button by  
> script?
>
> I also have "pass mouseUp" in the buttons mouseUp handler and I am  
> getting
> "exit" as the result in the message box
>
> What am I missing? Why do I get "exit" in the message box?
>
mouseUp is a LCode message, not an event.

just as 'mouseUpIwantToTrap' is a message you could send to an object,  
or a stack script, or a back script, etc.

Clicking on a checkbox will both send the message and perform the event.
    set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" to true

Sending the 'mouseUp' message will work just fine even if the check  
box is hidden, on a different card, or on a card in a different  
stack.  The same goes for setting the hilite.

send "mouseUp" to btn id 1022 of card id 1446 of stack "Survey  
Questions"

set the hilite of btn "chkboxStatus" of card id 1446 of stack "Survey  
Questions" to true


Hope this helps
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Why not step through your code and see what happens in the flow of the  
script?
It sounds like 'pass mouseUp' is triggering the 'exit' string.

Hope this helps

Jim Ault
Las Vegas