If you wish to use Table> Update Column and in the value column type: ObjectInfo(obj,3) The field will be updated to the text for that object. You can get the same thing using this function in a select statement. Rob. >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Declan Troy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI: Getting Text From Text Object Mappers, In the last few days there has been a bit of a flurry of questions about text: how to select text objects, or selecting text in fields. I have a variant not addressed yet.... Is there an easy way to transfer the text of a text object into a field? I'd like to, for example, be able to use the update column command to take whatever infomation in in a text object and move it into a field associated with the object. Is there a variable associated with each object that contains this information? Any ideas?? Declan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
