where is the "Revolution Language Dictionary"?

[minx]

Hi,
I'm trying to modify the contents of a field nested in a group. Checked the dictionary & it referenced a Language Dictionary, but I can't find it in the docs section. Where is it?

(From the "field" entry in the online dictionary:)
"The field object has a number of properties and messages associated with it. To see a list of messages that can be sent to a field as a result of user actions or internal Revolution events, open the "Revolution Language Dictionary" page of the main Documentation window, ensure that the field column is visible and use sort and filter to bring the relevant entries to the top"

Part 2 of my question: What is the command to change the Contents of a field?

Thanks!

[townsend]

I sometimes use the online Dictionary: http://docs.runrev.com/

[SparkOut]

The Revolution (or Livecode) "Language Dictionary" is just a subsection of the dictionary documentation you are already using. In the "docs" (or dictionary) the left pane shows "All", "Library", "Object" and "Language" sections.
For the rest of the advice given in the definition for "field", if you go to the Edit menu and choose Preferences, the sixth item will show the options for Documentation. If you ensure that the checkbox for "Fields" is hilited here, then when you view the dictionary you will be able to sort by the "Field" column heading. That means you can see a list of all the properties and messages in the dictionary that are pertaining to fields. You may find that all the "operators" refuse to be sorted by the field column heading so the group pertaining to fields may not start at the very top (or bottom).

[minx]

Ah, OK, it's part of the Livecode Dictionary! And I did see the selection for selecting the "field" in preferences.
But I couldn't find my answer in those sections.
I wondered if someone could tell me the command to change the "Contents" of a field. It's nested within a group, so I think I have to set selectGroupControls to false

[shaosean]

You should really make a new topic for a new questions..

Both of these do the same thing.. Because of the way Rev works, you do not need to worry about specifying the group (there are times when you need to)

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put "Hello World" into field "fieldName"

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set the text of field "fieldName" to "Hello World"

[minx]

Hi, Thanks, got it! Yup, will post as a separate topic next time!