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I need to print the contents of a text field. I think I have figured it out. (Once again, Revolution seems to handle a simple, common need in a needlessly complex and obscure way). I post this message to provide the information to others who might search the forum for this topic, and to get further comments from those who know more.

The command revPrintField seems to be what is needed. The Documentation Dictionary says that this command "Prints the contents of a field."

However, it tells us that the command below does NOT work:

revPrintField field "MyField"


Strangely, the command below prints the CONTENTS of a text field:

revPrintField the name of field "display"


If someone can explain this logic, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Derek

Hi Derek,

Field "MyField" is a container, which contains a text. The name of field "MyField" is a reference to that container. The revPrintField command wants a reference to a container rather than the contents of that container. I agree that a command such as "print field 1" would have been easier.

Best,

Mark