Label Field - Can I get it to name it's self?

[tlottrike]

"Label Field"
I have had a look through the Dictionary and the User Guide and I have found very little that describes what it does and how you can use it.

Is it possible to get a Text Field to display a Label of it's self via the Property Inspector or is this what the "Label Field" tool is for?

I have tried adding this Script to the Label Field but while it doesn't create an error it isn't doing what I want

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On cardopen
   Get name of Tooltip of field "BuildingDescription"
   Put name into Content of Me
end cardopen

[dunbarx]

Hi.

A couple of things.

The tooltip has nothing to do with your question. Hold this off for a while.
Line 2 of your code snippet has problems. It isn't even wrong.

(Anyone know where that adorable sentence came from?)

Now then, a label field is just a field with certain properties. It is convenient in that it is set up to be a transparent "label". Its contents (not its name) is what will be read by the user. So you would:

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put "myLabel" into field "myLabelField"

You can use any field to do the same sort of thing, and manipulate its properties to suit you. The label field just gives you a head start on a common theme.

Experiment. See what sort of object properties you find suitable.

Craig Newman

[tlottrike]

Cheers Craig I will have a good old rummage and fiddle about.

[dunbarx]

Do fiddle.

And use "openCard" instead of "cardOpen".

Craig

[Lagi Pittas]

HI Craig,

So you are into QED and QM as well? - Wolfgang Pauli is the answer - brilliant retort.

I would just say "that's Cr*p" because time's too short waiting for the penny to drop - I just save time and use 2 words instead of 4.

Men of few words are the best men - William Shakespeare

and who am I too argue?



Lagi

Edit:

The last bit has nothing to do with the code above by the way - It's to do when someone is spouting Tosh - no offence meant - just my crass humour (?)

[richmond62]

Here's Richmond's simplistic take on things:

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on openCard
   put 1003 into PAYSAGE
   repeat until PAYSAGE > 1009
      put the short name of fld id PAYSAGE into fld id PAYSAGE
      add 1 to PAYSAGE
   end repeat
end openCard

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[dunbarx]

Lagi.

You omitted QCD.

Craig