trouble getting text from a text field

[Ray_Barber]

on clicked theObject
tell window “main”
tell tab view “nametab”
set the char_name to the content of text field “Charname”
end tell
end tell

when I run this script I get this error and have no idea where I am messing up.

NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError: 4 (1)

I would appreciate any help. This is my first program and I am really frustrated.

Thanks in advance
Michael

[jonn8]

You’re missing a level of the object hierarchy. Tab views contain tab view items which contain the other controls:

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

on clicked theObject
tell window “main”
tell tab view “nametab”
tell tab view item 1 –the index or the name of the tab view item
set the char_name to the content of text field “Charname”
end tell
end tell
end tell
end clicked

Jon

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[Ray_Barber]

That was the problem. Thank you for your help.