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Touchscreen-K-Text Kevin Trainor Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:04:51 -0600

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:04:51 -0600

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All:

I am trying to use the Touchscreen-K-Text item type to display text on my Leopard. 
As usual, I am having difficulty figuring out the coding conventions.  Sometimes I think
that I am absolutely ECS learning disabled.  But, back to my question:

I can't see how to change the command string within an item of this type on the fly.
 I had assumed that I could set up one item and then write text like this:

    setup command 1
    setup text string 1
    display item
    setup command 2
    setup text string 2
    display item
    etc.
    etc.
    etc.

But, I can't see how to do this.  The SET operator for this type seems to allow you
to specify either DISPLAY or an item name.  I assume that this covers the "setup text
string" and "display" functions above.  But, I can't see how to assign a new value to
the command string.  I guess that I could create an item for each command string.  And,
perhaps this is the way that it is done.

So, I'm a bit lost here.  I would appreciate guidance from anyone who has done this.

Thanks.

Kevin

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