Thanks Jim, I'll give that whirl. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jim Ault <jimaultw...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jul 7, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Pete wrote: > > Is there an easy way to set/get the linkText of a chunk of text in a field >> other than by script? I don't think the message box works - if I select >> the >> text then click on the message box, the text is no longer selected - so >> right now I have buttons on the card which set and get the linkText of >> whatever text is selected at the time. >> >> Pete >> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> >> > > I have used the following trick in the past > > on closefield > if the shiftkey is down and the controlKey is down then > -- and now you have the selection to work with > repeat until url_OK > ask ... > error check > end repeat > end if > end closefield > > Hope this helps > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
