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Re: resetting record values to ""
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Re: resetting record values to ""


  • Subject: Re: resetting record values to ""
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:56:34 -0800

Victor Yee <email@hidden> wrote

>Hi Bryan,
>
>Would this work for you?
>
>property defaultRecord : {a:"", b:"", c:""}
>
>set thisRecord to {a:"A", b:"B", c:"C"}
>
>thisRecord -->{a:"A", b:"B", c:"C"}
>
>set thisRecord to defaultRecord
>
>thisRecord -->{a:"", b:"", c:""}

I think this is one of the places where I would prefer copy over set...

Same code except
--not this: set thisRecord to defaultRecord
copy defaultRecord to thisRecord

Doing it this way will preclude accidental changes to defaultRecord.


Michelle Steiner wrote:
>BTW, it looks like you'll have to change the names of the "state" and
>"month" fields because they are already used by Applescript.

Perhaps not...
copy {state:"a", month:"b"} to x
x's month

seems to work.

--John

--
John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA


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