Setting commandgroup properties in a loop 3

[audiopro]

I am looking for the correct syntax for setting the caption properties of a set of command buttons within a commandgroup.

I have been messing about with this as example code but I just can't get it right.

varb = 'editbuttons.command'+str(xx)+'caption'
thisform.varb = 'boo'

Is there an example on here somewhere?

I have spent a good while searching through the FAQ's and previous posts but cannot find what I am looking for.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[GriffMG]

To do this you could use a macro substitution thus:

varb = 'thisform.editbuttons.command'+str(xx)+'caption'
&varb = 'boo'

Regards

Griff
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[GriffMG]

Sorry

varb = 'thisform.editbuttons.command'+str(xx)+'.caption'
&varb = 'boo'

Missed the period before caption

Regards

Griff
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[audiopro]

Ahh!, thanks Griff
I have had the eureka moment, I had forgotten the reference to the var rather than the var itself.
Easy when you know the answer

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[Dan Freeman]

Just to point out the obvious, if you're going to set them all the same then call Commandgroup.Setall(). No need for a loop at all.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

str(xx) also won't work, as it will include spaces, take Transform(xx) or the Setall() solution. No need for macroi substitution, here.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[GriffMG]

Fair point..

varb = 'thisform.editbuttons.command'+alltrim(str(xx,10,0))+'.caption'
&varb = 'boo'

Regards

Griff
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[Dan Freeman]

Transform() in place of Alltrim(Str()) is a really worthy global change to make.

Transform() is not finnicky, never throws an error, accepts any data type you throw at it. Str() has been fiddly over the years, only accepts numeric input, may produce extraneous spaces, can introduce strange rounding, and a variety of other things.

Changing to Transform() is one of the best things you can do for the reliability of your code.

 

[audiopro]

Hey, thanks guys
It is the simple things which cause me the biggest problems.

Dan, I was keeping the example simple to get my head round the syntax.
The app I am using this with sets the caption of several buttons to the contents of a table.

Of course I want the most reliable solution, that is why I asked you guys rather than labour long and hard down a tricky road. The main syntax I was trying was alltrim(str(xx)) which will always be a numeric value, is the still liable to cause a problem.

I will look into setall and transoform when the weekend wine has qorn off, thanks to you all.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[TamarGranor]

Seems to me the most reliable solution is to use a loop that takes advantage of the native properties:

FOR EACH oCmd IN This.Buttons FOXOBJECT
  oCmd.Caption = 'boo'
ENDFOR

Tamar