newField

Typemessage
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
newField
Associationsfield
Summary

Sent to a new field right after it's created.

Introduced1.0
OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Example
on newField -- create a label field
  ask "What do you want to label this field?"
  if it is not empty then
    put it into myLabel
    set the name of the target to myLabel
    lock messages
    create field
    put myLabel into last field 
  end if
end newField
RelatedKeyword: field, templateField
Property: script
Command: copy, clone, paste
Glossary: object, trap, message, tool, message path
Control Structure: pass
Description

Handle the newField message if you want to create additional objects, switch tools, or do other tasks when a new field is created.

Normally, the newField message is handled at a higher level of the message path, since the newly-created field does not yet have a script unless the templateField contains one.

The actual creation is not triggered by the newField message, so trapping the message and not allowing it to pass does not prevent the field from being created.

Tagsobjects