How to code if a certain field has content go to another fid

[timbrian]

I have used an options menu which has 8 options to it.

I have 6 fields where i want to put the menu choice output.
Fields a,b,c,d,e,f

I want the first choice from the options menu to output into field "a" ( i got this part to work)
then I want the script to be able to recognize content in field "a" and output the second menu choice
into field "b" etc.

this is what i have written but it is not working.

on menuPick pItemName
switch pItemName
case "choice1"
put "AA" into field "a"
if the contents of field "a" = "true" then (true-meaning it contains output)
put "AB" into field "b"
end if
end switch
end menuPick

Just looking to be pointed in the right direction!

[Klaus]

Hi Tim,

not sure, but maybe you mean:

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...
if fld xyz <> empty then
  ## Do this and that...
end if
...

?

Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

Hi.

You are on your way, so I am going to let you keep going.

Note though, that when you say:

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if the contents of field "a" = "true" then (true-meaning it contains output)

This is will not work. First, there is no native word "contents". What you really wanted was:

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if field "a" = "true" then --(true-meaning it contains output)

The contents of a field is the text property of that field, (implied above, and valid) so you could also have said:

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if the text of field "a" = "true" then --(true-meaning it contains output)

Second, "true" is a literal, and is the string "true". What you really wanted was to either check for the actual contents, or perhaps that the text was not empty:

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if field "a" = "AA" then
or
if field "a" <> empty then

You can also extract the contents of the option button into a return delimited list (this is how it is organized anyway) and run a short repeat loop that will load successive lines of the button contents into successive fields.

All loads of fun. Write back with your progress.

Craig Newman