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Re: [ECS] Touchscreen-K-Text Mark Gilmore Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:44:25 -0500

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Kevin,
To do this, you would need to have an Event create the desired
command as in a TEXT Item, then "load it" into a TOUCH-TEXT
Item via the T1<-T1 or T2<-T1 operators.
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Mark Gilmore
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> Kevin Trainor wrote:
> 
> 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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