Craig, I’ll try that, thanks!
Peter > On May 27, 2015, at 1:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi. > > > Would the selectedLoc help? > > > select char 3 of word 9 of fld "yourField" > answer the selectedLoc > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Bogdanoff <[email protected]> > To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, May 27, 2015 2:21 pm > Subject: Location of text in a field > > > Hi, > > Is there a function that returns the pixel location of a particular char > in a field? > > I’m 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, what’s called in music theory, > “roman 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. I’m 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 doesn’t > 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
