Empty field button won't work

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Empty field button won't work

Post by paulgabel » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:47 pm

I have a button on a card that simply says (in script):

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put empty into fld "Records"
The field Records is on the card. But when I click on the button I get the ubiquitous No Such Object error. It's mystifying because the object is right there and the Inspector clearly says that its name is Records and that it's a field not a group. Also, when I copy the script from the editor and paste it into the message box, it works perfectly. Using "" doesn't make any difference. What could I be missing?
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Post by Mark » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:19 am

Paul,

What is the stack mode?

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Post by paulgabel » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:46 pm

Hi Mark:

The mode = 1. But the strangest thing happened — last night just before I turned my computer off I could not put empty into the field, but this morning I clicked on the same button and it immediately emptied the field. Revolution is full of mysteries (or maybe it's just me). Thanks for your reply.
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Post by paulgabel » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:57 pm

Now, it's back not working again. :(
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Post by Mark » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:13 pm

Hi Paul,

Right now I don't have much time, but if you send me your stack, I'll be happy to look into it at the end of the week. You'll find my e-mail address in my profile.

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Post by dalkin » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:37 pm

I remember in some of the video tutorials the guy with the dreamy Scottish voice sometimes having to close a window and reopen it before the command would 'take'. I can't remember which vid though.

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Post by xApple » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:02 am

This could once again be an incarnation of the same bug where objects get assigned the same ID ?

Maybe the field "records" accidently is sharing the same ID as an other object...

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