Setting a property of one group member inside another group

[simon.schvartzman]

I have a card with one "big" group named BigGroup that consists of 5 small groups called SmallGroup including one graphic (Rounded Rectangle) and one label each (Label).

Who can show me the best way to write the script that will let me set the linesize property of the Rounded Rectangle over which the user has clicked (or tapped).

As always, many thanks in advance

Big&SmallGroups.livecode.zip

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[bn]

Hi Simon,

try this as script of the BigGroup

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on mouseUp
   put the target into tTarget
   put the long id of the owner of the target into tOwner
   if the owner of tOwner is me then
      lock screen
      repeat with i = 1 to the number of groups of me
         set the lineSize of grc 1 of group i of me to 1
      end repeat
      set the lineSize of grc 1 of tOwner to 4
      unlock screen
   end if
end mouseUp

This works as long as there is only one graphic in the smallGroups.

Kind regards
Bernd

[dunbarx]

Perhaps I am misunderstanding.

What is wrong with:

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on mouseUp
   ask "Enter lineSize"
   set the lineSize of the target to it
end mouseUp

Now you could always first check the target to make sure it is a graphic, or even a particular graphic. Grouping, however nested, is transparent to "the target".

Craig Newman

[simon.schvartzman]

Craig and Bernd, many thanks to both of you for your answers.

Bernd, the script never gets into the repeat loop because it seems "the owner of tOwner" is never equal to "me".

[bn]

Simon

try this stack. It works for me.

Kind regards
Bernd

[simon.schvartzman]

Dear Bernd, works like a charm, many thanks!