OpenEuphoria

Re: Whats wrong with this?

• Posted by Allen Ashby <allenannashby at comcast.net> Jun 27, 2007
• 576 views

Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
> Allen Ashby wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > When I use the following code
> > 
> > }}}
<eucode>
> > procedure onClick_btnOpen(integer self, integer even, sequence parms)
> > object ind2
> > sequence sel
> > integer ind,ind3
> > sel=getTVSelectedText(TV)
> > ind=findItem(LV2,sel,1)
> > setText(inv7,ind)
> > ind3=getNumber(inv7)
> > setIndex(LV2,ind)
> > ind2=getLVAllText(LV2,ind3)
> > setText(inv6,ind2)
> > end procedure
> > setHandler( btnOpen, w32HClick, routine_id( "onClick_btnOpen" ))
> > </eucode>
{{{

> > 
> > I get the following error
> > 
> > sequence to be poked must only contain atoms
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong anybody?
> 
> The setText() routine needs the second parameter to be a simple string of
> text,
> but the getLVAllText() function returns a sequence of strings. So in effect
> it is something like ...
> 
>   ind2 = getLVAllText(LV2, ind3)
>    -- ind2 is set to {"abc", "foo", "bar"}
>   setText(inv6, ind2) -- fails.
> 
> If what you are trying to do is display all the columns of text in a single
> EditText field then try this instead ...
> 
>   ind3 = ""
>   for i = 1 to length(ind2) do
>      ind3 &= ind2[i]
>      ind3 &= " " -- separate the columns out.
>   end for
>   setText(inv6, ind3)
> 
> -- 
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> Skype name: derek.j.parnell

Thanks Derek. This really helped.

Allen