Script to pause pop-up list on PC

[ibiubu]

This is related to another post. I think I already know the answer is NO to this question...but I just wanted to check.

Go to Field

Loop

Pause/resume 0:00:01

Exit Loop If not IsEmpty(fieldname)

End Loop

More script items from here

The question is that on a PC if the go to field in the above script is a pop-up menu then it stays up until the Exit Loop If statement is met. But if the go to field is a pop-up list it does not stay open. In this particular case a pop-up menu does not work very well.

Is there a way to have a script on a PC go to a field that is a pop-up list, have the list come up, then have the script pause with the pop-up list still open until either a selection from the list is made or the user selects nothing by selecting outside the field?

LR

[Vaughan]

Have you thought of using the "Insert from Index" step?

[ibiubu]

I have not. How would it apply to this scenario?

I guess this is a case of wanting to do something that should be simple but is turning out to be a nightmare cross-platform.

All I was after was a button that when selected, brings up a pop-up list (contains a lot of items, that is why a pop-up menu does not work), waits until something is selected in the pop-up list, takes what is selected and adds a carridge return along with the selection to the end of a paragraph of text in an existing field.

I can get it to work with a pop-up list on the Mac, the script goes to the field with the pop-up list, brings it up, pauses until a selection is made, then the script continues and takes the selection and pastes it to the end of the text in the other field.

But of course on a PC, the same script pauses but since it is a pop-list instead of a pop-menu, it does not stay open and wait for the user selection.

Oh well, just one of those cross-platform problems I will have to try to come up with a solution.

LR