Tim, You can also check out a simple stack I have explaining how to do this up on RevOnline in the Education category: Hyperlinks in Transcript.
HTH, Judy On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > Hi TIm, > > Yes there is a way to do what you want, but it is a bit clumsy to > implement. You need the property called "linkText". However you cannot > set it using the property inspector, so you have to set it manually, > either using a button or the message box. > > I usually do it by entering the following in the message box, > selecting the relevant text, then pressing Enter to make the message > box script happen. > > set the textStyle of he selectedText to link > set the linkText of the selectedText to "http://www.runrev.com"; > > When I lock the field's text and click on the text that I selected > before running this script, the linkClicked message will have the > parameter "http://www.runrev.com";, regardless of the actual text of > the link. > > HTH, > Sarah > > > > On 11/5/06, Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As you might guess, I'm struggling with this topic -- links. I submitted > > a bz report that probably wasn't a bug. I asked a question on the list, > > thought I understood the helpful replies, but it turns out I don't > > understand very well after all. I've discovered several of my own > > misconceptions along the way. I've been reading the instructions as best > > I can. > > > > Sorry to be a pest, but I've gotta ask somebody, and who else ya gonna call? > > > > This time I'll try to ask small questions, one at a time. I have > > several, but they're related. If I understand a few things, I can > > probably figure out the rest. > > > > Here's a basic one. > > > > --Let's say I have several identical words in the same field (maybe it's > > a rather long treatise), each defined as a link, by textStyle, and I > > want each one to do something distinct when clicked. > > > > In other words, is there a way to assign something like > > > > <!-- <a href="http://www.runrev.com";>thisIsMyLink</a> --> > > > > to a specific link in RR? (I commented this example, so you might be > > able to read it in your HTML-enabled email client.) > > > > What I mean is that the link would point to something that doesn't > > actually display in the field, which remains connected to the link, even > > if the link gets moved around. It probably wouldn't be a URL. More > > likely, the not-visible part of the link would be a handler, or a few > > lines of script. > > > > In other, other words, is it possible to get a text link to work kind of > > like a button? > > > > I understand how to do something simple like > > > > on linkClicked theText > > if theText is not empty then revGoURL theText > > end linkClicked > > > > But that wouldn't work for the purpose I'm describing because the text > > and format of the links would be identical, so "theText" would also be > > identical. > > > > I'm wondering if there's some way to do this sort of thing without > > referencing the clicked word or chunk function. That would be > > cumbersome, because every time I edited the field, all the chunk > > references would change. > > > > Can someone give me a general idea of how to do it, or where to look it > > up? Or a sketch of a sample script might be helpful. > > > > As I read over my question, I begin to suspect this sort of thing has to > > be exported to some HTML-capable application, like a web browser. But, > > maybe not... > > > > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. I'm taking my meds now, so I > > won't be querulous :-) > > > > Tim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
