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Posted: **Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:10 pm**

As I work through my first runrev application I am to the point of creating a substack with a login card on it. On this card I have 3 labels and 3 text entry field plus 2 buttons. The issue which I am having is on all of my text entry fields, I am wanting to display what the user has entered into a field I call TraceField.

My code is

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put MediaIDField into tResult
answer information "User Entered Media ID of " & tResult

What I get back when running the card is

User Entered Media ID of MediaIDField

If I entered a 5 for the Media ID Field then I would think that my answer box would say something like User Entered Media ID of 5

Where am I overlooking on this.

Posted: **Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:39 pm**

Hi...

In the script of the fld you are entering your 'MediaID', try

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on returnInField
/* if you want the entered number/text in tracefield add this line */
    put the text of me into fld "traceField"
/* or if you just want it in the answer dialog then just use*/
   answer Information " User Entered MediaID" && the text of me
end returnInField

Enter the ID number and press return...

hope this helps

be well

Dixie

Posted: **Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:50 pm**

Hi Graham,

to get the content of a field use this:
...
## Important to use QUOTES for names!!!!!
put the text of fld "MediaIDField" into tResult
...

Or simply:
...
put fld "MediaIDField" into tResult
...
does also work.

In your script:
...
put MediaIDField into tResult
...
MediaIDField is seen as a variable name by the engine and since you did not "fill" this variuable it just contains its own name!
Therefore you get "User Entered Media ID of MediaIDField".

Hope that helps!

Best from germany

Klaus

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