You're welcome :) PS: you should be able to use CSS styles on these links quite easily (with or without a class designation) so that they appear highlighted, with different colours for backgrounds, text or both.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Dommermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 September 2006 14:49 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button > > You Are a Genius! > > thank you so much. > > I was fixated on getting x and y. > > thank you again! > > KUrt > > At 09:34 AM 9/19/2006, you wrote: > > >Hi Kurt, > > > >Just a thought - instead of looking for the coordinates to highlight > >the keyword, replace the keyword with the same keyword hyperlinked > >(this would require the text rendering as html), and link it to the > >glossary. Then when searching for another keyword, start > with a clean > >copy of the text, and hyperlink the new keyword. Replacing all > >instances of the keyword with a hyperlink should be easy - just use > >split() and join() - and the hyperlink can either point to > an actionscript command, or an html file with anchors. > > > >Karina > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kurt Dommermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 18 September 2006 21:23 > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] search text file for keyword and add button > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > First, I apologize if this was covered already. If so, > please point > > > me in the right direction. > > > > > > I need to search through dynamic text for a keyword, create a > > > highlight or button of some sort over it that links to a glossary. > > > > > > I don't see a problem finding the keyword, but I do see a problem > > > getting it's coordinates. > > > > > > Has anyone done this already? it just seems like one of those > > > things that is probably already packaged up. > > > > > > if not, anyone have experience finding the x and y value for a > > > letter in dynamic text? > > > > > > thank you very much in advance, > > > Kurt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [email protected] > > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >[email protected] > >To change your subscription options or search the archive: > >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > >Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > >Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > >http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com

