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Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:14 pm**

Hi!
I'm trying to make a simple subtract operation on a text field but i get an "cant' find object" error and i can't understand why...

Here is my code:

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on mouseUp
   put the text of field "numero" into tNumero
   if tNumero > 0 then
    subtract 1 to tNumero
   else
      put 0 into tNumero    
   end if
put tNumero into field "numero"
end mouseUp

No problem if the number is less or equal to 0. Instead if the number is positive i get the error. What's wrong with my code?
If i use thee same code but with the ADD function instead of subtract, all work good.

Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:46 pm**

Hi...

You have

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subtract 1 to tNumero

use

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subtract 1 from tNumero

I just tested using this..

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on mouseUp
   put fld 1 into temp
   subtract 1 from temp
   put temp into fld 1
end mouseUp

Works...

Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:48 pm**

D'oh.... I've copied and pasted from add function and I did not care about syntax...

Thank you!

Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:59 pm**

Hi Geppo,

gepponline wrote:D'oh.... I've copied and pasted from add function and I did not care about syntax...

but you should!

If in doubt, always consult the dictionary first!

Best

Klaus

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