Change Button Color with script - Solved

[DR White]

I guess I am a really slow learner.

I have looked through several resources and I have tried several variations of code, but still cannot change the fill color of my button.

Can someone tell me What I am doing wrong. My code is below:

set the buttonColor of button Button1 to "131,250,199"

Thanks,

David

[magice]

Try "backgroundColor"

[dunbarx]

Hi again.

And be careful. LiveCode is so english-like, that it is tempting to make up words that seem logical, but in fact do not exist, or worse, are used in a different way. You will luck out now and then, though, but always check the dictionary.

"ButtonColor". Makes sense; no such word. But at least you have the flavor of the language. There is a formal syntax, though, and you must check for it.

Craig Newman

[magice]

One neat little trick I have learned, is to look at the property inspector. When you figure out how to change a property there, mouse over the control you used and it will give you the property name to be used in a script.

[dunbarx]

Magice.

Mostly correct, and I never really made that connection. Cool.

But it is not purely an aid to locating properties, though mostly it works well for that. I was playing around in the "size and position" tab, and the tooltips there are either just explanatory, or not well assigned. ("left" shows the tooltip "loc", for example)

Craig

[magice]

Magice.

Mostly correct, and I never really made that connection. Cool.

But it is not purely an aid to locating properties, though mostly it works well for that. I was playing around in the "size and position" tab, and the tooltips there are either just explanatory, or not well assigned. ("left" shows the tooltip "loc", for example)

Craig

True it is not perfect, especially with more complex properties that can me modified in multiple ways, but it at the least gives you a starting point of where to look in the dictionary. It has been an extremely helpful learning tool for me.

[DR White]

WOW Magice!

That works GREAT!

Thanks!