Thank you Chris, that fixed it. So many properties, so little time.... On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Chris Sheffield <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pete, > > Make sure the sharedText property is set to true on your field. That way > the text should be shared across all cards without you having to repopulate > the field. And it should keep your links intact, I believe. > > Chris > > > > -- > Chris Sheffield > Read Naturally, Inc. > www.readnaturally.com > > On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Pete wrote: > > > Thanks Terry, I found the problem. There was indeed something in a group > > script that was causing the problem. > > > > Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way but I'm trying to implement a > help > > system for my application. It's a series of cards in one stack. I've > > defined a background group for the help navigation area, which is where I > > have the field with the link text. Since it's a background group, it > > appears on each new card I create in the stack. So far so good. Problem > > is, while that gets the navigation field on all the cards, it doesn't get > > its contents. So I put some code in there to copy the navigation field > > contents from card 1 of the stack to the current card. The text gets > > copied, but the links are no longer there, even though they are still > there > > on the first card in the stack. > > > > I'm delving into yet another new area of LC, text links, so no doubt I'm > > not understanding something. Any suggestions much appreciated! > > > > Pete > > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Terry Judd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 03/02/2012, at 01:30 PM, Pete wrote: > >> > >> I'm trying to set the link text of a line of text in a field. I'm doing > >> while in browse mode by highlighting the line of text then selecting > "Link" > >> from the Text menu. The text changes color and if I click on it, all > works > >> as expected. However if I close the card, then open it again, all the > >> links are gone. How can I make these links "stick"? > >> > >> They should stick. Are you sure you're not setting the contents of the > >> field to some previously saved state on a preopencard or opencard > handler? > >> > >> Terry... > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Pete > >> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
