Right, that's the sort of test I was thinking of. doug
On 3/25/04 9:18 AM, "Brian Yennie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about something like: > > function isWithinBorder tLoc,tObject > put the rect of tObject into tRect > if (tLoc is within tRect) then > if abs(item 1 of tLoc - item 1 of tRect) <= (the borderWidth of > tObject) then return TRUE > if abs(item 1 of tLoc - item 3 of tRect) <= (the borderWidth of > tObject) then return TRUE > if abs(item 2 of tLoc - item 2 of tRect) <= (the borderWidth of > tObject) then return TRUE > if abs(item 2 of tLoc - item 4 of tRect) <= (the borderWidth of > tObject) then return TRUE > end if > return FALSE > end isWithinBorder > > You could call it with something like: > > if (isWithinBorder(the mouseLoc, "field 1")) then... > > The idea being if it's within the rect, and within (borderWidth) pixels > of the left, right, top or bottom, then it's in the border. > > This is untested and of course won't work with non-rectangular controls. > > HTH > > Brian > >> I need to detect whether the cursor is within the border area of a >> control >> (in this case, a field). >> >> I believe I can do this by using "is within", then defining two >> rectangles - >> one for the object (containing the border) and one for the object >> (inside >> the border) and doing an appropriate test with both rectangles. >> >> Unless Revolution has some more convenient syntax for testing for being >> within a control's border. Does it, by any chance? >> >> Any caveats worth mentioning? >> >> Thanks, >> >> doug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > This email has been screened by Engate Spam Sentinel _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
