Re: selecting locked text

[Craig Spooner]

Thank you, Scott.
- Craig


Scott Raney wrote:
>  > Has MC changed the way text can be selected since version 2.3.1?  A
>>  project I published a year ago now won't allow the following script:
>>
>> select line 1 of fld "column labels"
>> set the textStyle of the selectedText to "plain"
>>
>>  I was able to get this to work again only after I turned off the
>>  lockText property of the field.  Then I realized that the real
>>  culprit was the TraversalOn property, which automatically gets turned
>>  on when lockText is turned off.  Did this change somewhere along the
>>  line?
>
>Yes, in 2.3.2.  It doesn't make sense to have a selection
>in a field with traversalOn set to false because there's
>no way to clear it.  This caused problems in Revolution,
>among other apps.  Your script could be reduced to one
>line anyway, since you can set the textStyle of a chunk
>of text without having to select it first.
>Regards,
>  Scott
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Craig Spooner
Instructional Technology Training and Development
WebCT Administrator
Office of Instructional Services
Colorado State University
(970) 491-2516

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Re: selecting locked text

[Scott Raney]

Craig Spooner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has MC changed the way text can be selected since version 2.3.1?  A 
> project I published a year ago now won't allow the following script:
> 
>select line 1 of fld "column labels"
>set the textStyle of the selectedText to "plain"
> 
> I was able to get this to work again only after I turned off the 
> lockText property of the field.  Then I realized that the real 
> culprit was the TraversalOn property, which automatically gets turned 
> on when lockText is turned off.  Did this change somewhere along the 
> line?

Yes, in 2.3.2.  It doesn't make sense to have a selection
in a field with traversalOn set to false because there's
no way to clear it.  This caused problems in Revolution,
among other apps.  Your script could be reduced to one
line anyway, since you can set the textStyle of a chunk
of text without having to select it first.
   Regards,
 Scott

> Thanks,
> 
> Craig



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Re: selecting locked text

[Kevin Miller]

On 10/4/01 12:01 am, Craig Spooner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has MC changed the way text can be selected since version 2.3.1?  A
> project I published a year ago now won't allow the following script:
> 
> select line 1 of fld "column labels"
> set the textStyle of the selectedText to "plain"
> 
> I was able to get this to work again only after I turned off the
> lockText property of the field.  Then I realized that the real
> culprit was the TraversalOn property, which automatically gets turned
> on when lockText is turned off.  Did this change somewhere along the
> line?

Yes, as you have discovered this was changed.  The change was deliberate to
solve some other issue.

Regards,

Kevin

Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Runtime Revolution Limited (formerly Cross Worlds Computing).
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selecting locked text

[Craig Spooner]

Greetings,

Has MC changed the way text can be selected since version 2.3.1?  A 
project I published a year ago now won't allow the following script:

   select line 1 of fld "column labels"
   set the textStyle of the selectedText to "plain"

I was able to get this to work again only after I turned off the 
lockText property of the field.  Then I realized that the real 
culprit was the TraversalOn property, which automatically gets turned 
on when lockText is turned off.  Did this change somewhere along the 
line?

Thanks,

Craig
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Craig Spooner
Instructional Technology Training and Development
WebCT Administrator
Office of Instructional Services
Colorado State University
(970) 491-2516

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