set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread David Bovill
These work as expected: put newLine into line lineNum of field id fieldID set the htmltext of line lineNum of field id fieldID to newLine So why on earth does this not work? set the text of line lineNum of field id fieldID to newLine I've always found the properties (text and htmltext) of

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread Bill Marriott
David, Because the text of is a property of a field (button, image), not a line/chunk thereof. The HTMLText syntax specifically allows for chunks; Text does not. From the docs: set the HTMLText of [chunk of] field to htmlString set the text of {button | field | image} to string It would

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread David Bovill
OK - filed as an enhancement request. Vote for it herehttp://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=7590- if you feel the same! I guess I could use set the htmltext of line 1 of field even if using plain text - but I think it is just plain counter intuitive as it is - good to see the docs

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread Bill Marriott
Rev doesn't have the betas available as a download ... that was available only during the open beta for 2.9. Now they're back to getting them from within the Enterprise software. But Heather might be able to help obtain it for you (or a new dp3 might do the trick). Heather's also the only

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread David Bovill
OK - thanks for the reply! 2009/1/2 Bill Marriott w...@wjm.org Rev doesn't have the betas available as a download ... that was available only during the open beta for 2.9. Now they're back to getting them from within the Enterprise software. But Heather might be able to help obtain it for

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread J. Landman Gay
David Bovill wrote: I guess I could use set the htmltext of line 1 of field even if using plain text - but I think it is just plain counter intuitive as it is - good to see the docs are explicit though :) What I think you want is: put cr into line lineNum of field id fieldID Or you can

Re: set the text of line 4 of field id 123?

2009-01-02 Thread David Bovill
Lost in translation :) newLine here is just a (probably bad choice for a variable name. The issue is not how to do it - it's just that it is naturla syntax to try to set the text of line x of field... and I think you should be able to use it. 2009/1/2 J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com