Clear variables and fields

Philhold · Post by **Philhold** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:13 pm

Very simple but what is the best way to clear the contents of a field or variable?

This is what I am doing is this correct or is there something better?

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put "" into varA
put "" into field "name"

Thanks

Phil

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:29 pm

Hi Phil,

...
put empty into fld "xyz"
...
is the best, if not the only way

Same for emptying variables.

Best

Klaus

Philhold · Post by **Philhold** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:23 pm

Hi Klaus,

Many thanks, your help is very much appreciated.

I'm actually getting my first little app to work.

Cheers

Phil

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:29 pm

[qHi Phil,

you're welcome!

And of course "" is the same as -> empty!

Best

Klaus

Philhold · Post by **Philhold** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:08 pm

and this would clear all fields would it?

repeat with x = 1 to number of fields
put empty into fld x
end repeat

any dangers in doing this? Does it just clear all fields on the current card?

Cheers

Phil

Janschenkel · Post by **Janschenkel** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:17 pm

Your script will indeed clear all the fields on the current card - including label fields, so you have to be careful! If you want to empty all the editable fields in your stack, you would have a loop like this:

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on mouseUp
  local tCardCount, tCardIndex, tFieldCount, tFieldIndex
  put the number of cards into tCardCount
  repeat with tCardIndex = 1 to tCardCount
    put the number of fields of card tCardIndex into tFieldCount
    repeat with tFieldIndex = 1 to tFieldCount
      if the lockText of field tFieldIndex of card tCardIndex is false
      then put empty into field tFieldIndex of card tCardIndex
    end repeat
  end repeat
end mouseUp

HTH,

Jan Schenkel.

Philhold · Post by **Philhold** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:43 pm

Hi Jan,

Many thanks for the tip.

Your script has stimulated me to search around but I can't find the answer. By implication am I right to assume that the lockText of label fields is set to true by default?

Thanks

Phil

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:47 pm

Hi Phil,

definitivley maybe!

No just kidding, you are presuming correctly, "label" fields are "locked" by default.

Best

Klaus