a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (01/12/91)
In an article, J B Nash of Uni of Wisconsin at Madison writes: >The Tracking field tracks the price from month to month by >showing the price over the last 12 months in a 12 line >non-scrolling field. When I push the Calculate button, a >new price appears in the Price field (based on some script >that I have no problem with) and the most recent price from >that field goes to line one of the Tracking field, the next >most recent price that was in line one goes to line two, >line two price moves to three, three to four, etc. > Right now, when I say: > > put line 1 of cd fld "Price" into line one of cd fld >"Tracking" > put line 1 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 2 of cd fld >"Tracking" > put line 2 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 3 of cd fld >"Tracking" > put line 3 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 4 of cd fld >"Tracking" etc.. > I get the same price in every line of the field >"Tracking" I now understand why, but don't know how to >remedy the situation. Any suggestions? Basically, when the >new price is calculated, I want to view in the Tracking >field how the price has fluctuated over the last twelve >times I've pushed the Calculation button. Seeing the problem is knowing the solution, or something like that. When you have entered the new price into "cd fld price" , instead of moving it to line 1 of cd fld "tracking", move line 11 of cd fld "tracking" to line 12 of cd fld "tracking", and line 10 to 11 etc. This will leave a hole in line 1 of cd fld "tracking", into which you can move line 1 of cd fld "price". Luck. ______________________________________________________________ | Rick McCormack | IMAGISTICS BUSINESS THEATRE TECHNOLOGY | | Vancouver, BC | Information transfer - with a purpose. | | CANADA | ________________________________________ | | AOL: Rique | INTERACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE ENLIGHTENING | |________________|____________________________________________|
jbnash@vms.macc.wisc.edu (John B. Nash) (01/13/91)
contains a number (a price of an item). The Tracking field tracks the price from month to month by showing the price over the last 12 months in a 12 line non-scrolling field. When I push the Calculate button, a new price appears in the Price field (based on some script that I have no problem with) and the most recent price from that field goes to line one of the Tracking field, the next most recent price that was in line one goes to line two, line two price moves to three, three to four, etc. Right now, when I say: put line 1 of cd fld "Price" into line one of cd fld "Tracking" put line 1 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 2 of cd fld "Tracking" put line 2 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 3 of cd fld "Tracking" put line 3 of cd fld "Tracking" into line 4 of cd fld "Tracking" etc.. I get the same price in every line of the field "Tracking" I now understand why, but don't know how to remedy the situation. Any suggestions? Basically, when the new price is calculated, I want to view in the Tracking field how the price has fluctuated over the last twelve times I've pushed the Calculation button. Thanks! _______________________________________________________________________________ | J. B. NASH Internet > jbnash@vms.macc.wisc.edu | | University of Bitnet > jbnash@wiscmac2 | | Wisconsin DECnet > wircs2::jbnash | | Madison from CompuServe > internet:jbnash@vms.macc.wisc.edu | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) (01/14/91)
From article 2954: >instead of moving it to line 1 of cd fld >"tracking", move line 11 of cd fld "tracking" to line 12... A much simpler answer is: put cd fld "Price" & return before cd fld "Tracking" and let that ole gray mare HyperCard pull everything else right along. Ralph Lombreglia Internet: ralph@world.std.com MCI Mail: rlombreglia Bix: rlombreglia