On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote:
> > The 'formattedText' property of a field is a string so the expression: > the textFont of word 1 to -1 of the formattedText of thFld > > Does this: > T1 = evaluate the formattedText of thFld > T2 = word 1 to -1 of T1 > return the textFont of T2 > > Now, because T2 is also a string, the engine tries to interpret it as a > control reference. > Shouldn't it return "empty" then? > > If you want to access properties of the styled text of the field, then you > need to do so directly on the field itself: > put the textFont of word 1 to -1 of field thFld > OK, I see that's better (I had to go to formatted text at some point because something else wasn't working. Or maybe that was before I focused on words. I think it was when I was trying to null out the textSize & textFont of the pasted text to force it to use the field's settings) (oh, and thFld was actually an id, not a field name) > As an aside, you also cannot use 'exists()' on font names - it is only for > control references. Instead you can use: > (the textFont of word 1 to -1 of field thFld) is among the lines of the > fontNames > exists() entered late while debugging it. word 1 to -1 of theFld did it But I'm still troubled by this plowing through over 150 fields before it found one it didn't like this on . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
