Colin, Howdy, thanks for your replay. Sean that's brilliant, thanks very much is exactly what I needed.
All the best. G. > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:52:31 +1200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Sean Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Vector out of a field or text cast member > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Just had a quick question, I would like to have users imputing text >> through a normal text field and would like to be able to convert the >> characters of the imputed text to vector shapes for later access to the >> vertexList. Is there any easy way of doing this? > > I think there is an undocumented (=> unsupported) command to do this, or > something akin to it. > See: <http://www.shockwavemovies.com/undocd/fonts_text/generateOutlines.htm> > > HTH, > -Sean. > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
