peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO) (05/04/90)
How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and then proceed to give a name to this new field? Unlike a button, fields are not given a default name, and there is no way that I can reference to them. on mouseUp doMenu "New Field" set the name of cd fld "" to "theField" end mouseUp That will not work, but it makes about as much sense as anything else that I can thing of. BTW, I have also tried to get the ID number of the new field, but again how do I tell HC which field to check? Peter -- (*)-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-\/-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+(*) ( UUCP: peterbak@microsoft || Is this all that I am? Is there ) ( CompuServe: 71170,1426 || nothing more? - V'ger ) (*)-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-/\-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+(*)
imp@tik.vtt.fi (Ilkka Priha) (05/04/90)
In article <54453@microsoft.UUCP> peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO) writes: >How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and then >proceed to give a name to this new field? Unlike a button, fields >are not given a default name, and there is no way that I can >reference to them. > >on mouseUp > doMenu "New Field" > set the name of cd fld "" to "theField" >end mouseUp > >That will not work. This should work: on mouseUp doMenu "New Field" get the number of last cd fld set name of cd fld it to "theField" end mouseUp -- Ilkka Priha | Internet: priha@tik.vtt.FI Systems Consultant | Bitnet: priha:FINVTT.BITNET Tiihonen Software Co. Ltd | UUCP: mcvax!tikvtt!priha Finland | PSI-mail: PSI%204041::VTTTIK::PRIHA
KOFOID@cc.utah.edu (05/04/90)
Peter Baker writes: > How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and > then proceed to give a name to this new field? Unlike a button, > fields are not given a default name, and there is no way that > I can reference to them. > [...] Try this: on mouseUp doMenu "new field" choose browse tool set name of last cd fld to "boofy" end mouseUp Cheers, Eric. __________________________________________________________________ | (801) 581-3592 | | Snail: Eric Kofoid; Dept. Biology, U. of Utah; SLC, UT 84112 | | Fast: bi.kofoid%science@utahcca (BitNet) | | Faster: bi.kofoid@science.utah.edu (InterNet) | |Fastest: kofoid@bioscience.utah.edu (InterNet -> QuickMail) | | | | -- The University of Utah is blameless for anything I've said -- | |__________________________________________________________________|
jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) (05/05/90)
In article <54453@microsoft.UUCP> peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO) writes: >How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and then >proceed to give a name to this new field? Unlike a button, fields >are not given a default name, and there is no way that I can >reference to them. The easiest way to do this is to take advantage of the fact that newly- created fields are at the top layer, and therefore have the highest field number: on mouseUp doMenu "New Field" set the name of card field (the number of card fields) to "New Field" -- etc. end mouseUp -- ========= jeanne a. e. devoto ======================================== jdevoto@apple.com | You may not distribute this article under a jdevoto@well.sf.ca.us | compilation copyright without my permission. ______________________________________________________________________ Apple Computer and I are not authorized | CI$: 72411,165 to speak for each other. | AppleLink: SQA.TEST
taylorj@yvax.byu.edu (05/05/90)
In article <4873@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi> imp@tik.vtt.fi (Ilkka Priha) writes: >In article <54453@microsoft.UUCP> peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO) writes: >>How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and then >>proceed to give a name to this new field? Unlike a button, fields >>are not given a default name, and there is no way that I can >>reference to them. > > This should work: > >on mouseUp > doMenu "New Field" > get the number of last cd fld > set name of cd fld it to "theField" >end mouseUp Or better yet: on mouseUp doMenu "New Field" set the name of last cd fld to "theField" end mouseUp If you want to do a lot of things to the new field (change typesize, align, center, etc.), you might want to get the id of last card field, then use that, as it's faster. Jim Taylor Microcomputer Support for Curriuculum Brigham Young University taylorj@yvax.byu.edu