Yes! Thanks Scott.
On May 27, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: > You might try the formattedRect property. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 5/27/15, 11:20 AM, "Peter Bogdanoff" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Is there a function that returns the pixel location of a particular char >> in a field? >> >> I¹m working in LC 6.1.3 to change a whole bunch of long one-line fields >> of text to short one-line fields. >> >> As I go to LC 7, these fields are displaying text wider than before in OS >> X (but not Windows) and I need that text to continue to line up under >> images. >> >> I have, what¹s called in music theory, ³roman numeral analysis" which is >> text. This lies under musical notation which are images. >> >> The text is currently a series of 1-3 chars separated by many space >> characters in a long field. I¹m trying to program a method to put those >> 1-3 chars in their own fields, each field now displaying text where it >> originally was. >> >> I tried substituting tabs for the spaces, but it doesn¹t consistently >> display the same as before. >> >> The text must remain as text as it is searchable. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Peter Bogdanoff >> UCLA >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
