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AzTheBest wrote:a button has this code

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additem "Chicken Steak","",5 

this code is in stack 8 and goes in to table called "table" in stack 8
i just want to know how i can move the button different stack e.g stack 1 and it input the data into stack 8

sturgis wrote:You can use "dispatch" or "send" for this. Look earlier in this thread for an example using dispatch.

dispatch "addItem" to <where do you want it go go? " with the info you want to go along goes here.

For example if you had a command that adds 2 numbers on a different stack, in a button on a card you could do this..

dispatch "myAddCommand" to button "addB" of card "mySpecialCard" of stack "mySpecialStack" with 2,23

Which would cause the myAddCommand in the button to fire and add numbers 2 and 23

dispatch "additem" "Chicken Steak","",5   to "table" of card "8" of stack "Restraunt Template" 

Klaus wrote:We might STILL take a look at your "additem" handler, as I already wrote!

BUT:

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dispatch "additem" "Chicken Steak","",5   to "table" of card "8" of stack "Restraunt Template"

1. You need to supply the TYPE of object that you are addressing:
... to FIELD "table"...
or:
... to GROUP "table"...

2. NEVER EVER name your objects/cards/stacks as NUMBERS! NEVER!
That is asking for trouble, since the engine does not differ between the STRING 8 and the NUMBER 8,
so it looks for a card NUMBER 8 and will throw an error if there are less cards in the target stack!

We might STILL take a look at your "additem" handler, as I already wrote!

AzTheBest wrote:i didnt name the card as a number but they all called "Restraunt Template" then next to it has (1), (2) etc.

Klaus wrote:I would recommend to use the correct syntax as Sturgis suggested:
...
dispatch "additem" to field "table" of card 8 of stack "Restraunt Template" WITH "Chicken Steak","",5
...
And if that does not work I will not ask a 6th time for the script of your handler "additem"

command addItem pMenuItem,pDrinkItem,pCost
   lock screen
   if field "table" is not empty then put cr after field "table"
   put pMenuItem & tab & pDrinkItem & tab & "£" &  pCost & tab &  1  & tab & "£" & pCost after field "table"
   if (the number of lines in field "table" mod 2) is 0 and field "table" is not empty then
      
   else
set the backgroundcolor of line -1 of field "table" to empty
   end if
   unlock screen
end addItem