[TAO] value() to obtain pointer functionality

[Peter Haworth]

Right, actually that's what I ended up doing instead of using a "do"
statement.  Just not clear why the compiler can't evaluate an expression as
a cprop name.

Pete
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On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 5:05 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
wrote:

> On 8/2/2014, 4:52 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> Here's the one that catches me every time:
>>
>> set the (<any expression here>) of button "xyz" to 10
>>
>> That results in a compile error "token is not a property".  Tried it using
>> "value" too but same error.  The only way round this I've found is to use
>> "do" but why can't the compiler handle this?
>>
>
> Try:
>
> put <expression> into tProp
> set the tProp of button "xyz" to 10
>
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