There is one other method you can try,
property pSprite
on beginSprite me
pSprite = sprite(me.spriteNum)
end beginSprite
on mouseWithin me
vLine = the mouseLine
vCharCount = 0
repeat with i = 1 to vLine -1
vCharCount = vCharCount + member(pSprite.member).line[i].char.count +1
end repeat
vLineCharCount = member(pSprite.member).line[vLine].char.count + 1
member(pSprite.member).char[vCharCount+1..vCharCount+vLineCharCount].hilite(
)
end mouseWithin
How it works, you want to hilite an entire line, you must hilite every
character of that line. However, when you count the characters of a line
either using the member(someMember).line[x].length or
member(someMember).line[x].char.count you will get the number of visible
characters on the line including spaces, however what you don't see is the
return character. If you manually add a single number to the length of each
line then you will be including the return character and if you hilite
characters 1 to the and including the return character, you will in effect
hilite the entire line to the width of the field. However, I know of no easy
way of calculating the character count without using a repeat loop to get
the characters up to the first character of a line, hence the repeat loop in
the above example.
Hope it helps.
Sincerely
Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Ask Møller
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Hilite line command
> Importance: Low
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>
> > When using hilite line in conjunction with the mouseLine
> command, Director
> > only seems to hilite the total length of the character string
> on the given
> > line with exception to the last line in the field which spans the total
> > width of the field. How can I force Director (if possible) to
> hilite at the
> > total width of the field on all lines?
> >
> > Dave.
> >
> >
> By using a shape, cos hilite can only hilite "chars"... if you want to
> hilite the intire line you will need to fill it with "space"s...
>
> Ask
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