Option button and the label

[Mag]

Hi all,

I noticed that if I change the label of an option button then the selected item I see when I open the option button is not the one that match to the label (in fact it's selected the one I choose latest).

Is there a way to update also the selected item along the label? Any help will be appreciated!

[FourthWorld]

If you set the label using the menuHistory property the control will have the behavior you're looking for.

[Mag]

Thank you Richard, another thing learned.

PS
I wonder if there is also a way to avoid that is sent the message menuPick... (I'm using the Option Button to open a window, each item corresponds to a window).

[Klaus]

Hi Mag,

I think you can:
...
lock messages
set the menuhistory of btn ...
unlock messages
...

Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

Klaus' suggestion is a good one, and if you do it often you can wrap it in a handler like this so it's a one-liner whenever you need it:

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on SetOption pBtnObj, pItem
   lock messages
   set the wholematches to true
   set the menuHistory of pBtnObj to lineoffset( pItem, the text of pBtnObj)
   unlock messages
end SetOption

FWIW, I submitted a request to extend the behavior of "set the label..." this morning, and Mark Waddingham noted some interesting aspects I'd not originally considered - feel free to chime in with your own thoughts there:
http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11917