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/did -a on box control does not append #258494 12/07/16 01:51 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,180 France W Wims OP Hoopy frood
OP Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,180 France	When using /did -a on a box control in a dialog, it does not append, it simply replaces/overwrites. This is inconsistent with how -a works for others control. The help file does not describe this difference and only documents -a as 'adding line of text at the end'. Not an annoying bug, not preventing functionality (easy workaround is to use did -a name $did().text $+ newtext) and probably here since its implementation, so no fix required, but the help file should definitely be talking about this difference. Code: dialog testbox { size -1 -1 100 100 box "text", 1, 5 5 90 90 } alias testbox { dialog -m testbox testbox did -a testbox 1 text2 echo -ag $did(testbox, 1).text } /testbox #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: /did -a on box control does not append Wims #258495 12/07/16 09:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,482 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,482 London, UK	Thanks for your bug report. This is indeed intentional. The -radio switches were originally added to support multi-line listbox/combox/editbox controls. Using these switches with any other controls results in default behaviour of either setting or clearing text. This has been the behaviour ever since these features were added, so unfortunately cannot be changed now.

Re: /did -a on box control does not append Khaled #258496 12/07/16 12:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,180 France W Wims OP Hoopy frood
OP Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,180 France	Right, I mentioned I wasn't asking for a change in behavior, just that the help file should be updated. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

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