OK, a real question this time.

[EightBitz]

I want to apply a chooser portal to a certain ability. Aaaaand, I don't know what I'm doing.

Here's the code from thing_abilities

  <thing
    id="abChrmLnk2"
    name="Initial Link"
    compset="Ability"
    isunique="yes"
    description="{br}{br}{b}Descriptor(s):{/b} Charming">


    <fieldval field="usrLabel1" value="Menu1"/>
    <fieldval field="usrCandid1" value="component.Skill"/>
    <tag group="ChooseSrc1" tag="Thing"/>

    <tag group="Hide" tag="Ability"/>

    </thing>

Here's the code from tab_abilities

    <portal
      id="name"
      style="lblNormal"
      showinvalid="yes">
      <label>
        <labeltext><![CDATA[
          ~if we have a custom name to display, use it; otherwise, use the base name
          if (tagis[ChooseSrc1.Thing] <> 0) then
            @text = field[name].text & ":"
          else
            @text = field[name].text
            endif
          ~field[usrSelect].text = link.field[name].value
          ]]></labeltext>
        </label>
      </portal>


    <portal id="link" style="chsNormal" width="110">
      <chooser_table component="Skill" choosetemplate="LargeItem">
        <chosen><![CDATA[
          if (@ispick = 0) then
            @text = "{text ff0000}Select Option"
          else
            @text = field[name].text
            endif
          ]]></chosen>
        </chooser_table>
      </portal>

Everything works visually, but I don't know how integrate it so it's functional. If I choose a thing withing the chooser portal, it never gets assigned to the ability.

[EightBitz]

Never mind. I finally realized what I was doing wrong. I got this bit working (... sort of ...) a different way now.