customKeys and recalling the data in a key

[mrcoollion]

It has been a while that i have been on this forum, so hello to you all LiveCoder's .
I do come here for the following reason.

I thought it was a good idea to save fixed data within a menupick button using customKeys. However i cannot seem to get it working .
The code does not give me errors but also i do not get anything in field "TextField" . The target field "TextField" is made empty but no text that is kept in customKeys .

So here is the simple code for test. What do i do wrong ?

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on menuPick itemPicked
   switch itemPicked
      case "1st Text"
         put the customKeys["1st Text"] of me into fld "TextField"
         break
   end switch
end menuPick

Regards,

Paul

[Klaus]

Dag Paul,

to retrieve a CP with a name with more than one word, you need to use a variable to do so!
This works:

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on menuPick itemPicked
   switch itemPicked
      case "1st Text"
         get "1st text"
         put the IT of me into fld "TextField"
         break
   end switch
end menuPick

Groetjes
Klaus

[mrcoollion]

Never would have thought of this.

Dankjewel (Thank you) Klaus.

[mrcoollion]

Sorry Klaus, still does not work.

[dunbarx]

I also cannot get the alternate form to give anything but empty. That alternate form is given as an example , but not listed in the property syntax, which is simply

put the customKeys of me into fld "TextField"

Craig

[Klaus]

Works here with a menu button, see screenshot.
I used the same example as Paul:

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on menuPick itemPicked
   switch itemPicked
      case "1st Text"
         get "1st text"
         put the IT of me
         break
   end switch
end menuPick

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