[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Hilighting text in hypercard field

klatchko@bnrmtv.UUCP (Ron Klatchko) (07/28/88)

I am attempting to write an application in hypercard, part of which
needs to locate and display words (in context) of a field.  At first I
considered puting the word and its neighbors into the message box but
I was not pleased with this method.  I therefore decided to write a
routine that would hilight a word right inside the field, just like
hypercard does.  As it turns out, this is easier said then done.

Does any out there know of a method to do this (preferably without
resorting to an XCMD).  Thanks in advance.

Ron Klatchko
...!{decwrl,ucbvax}!hplabs!bnrmtv!klatchko

ns@cat.cmu.edu (Nicholas Spies) (07/29/88)

In HyperCard 1.2 (in Authoring or Scripting mode) use

select <chunk> of field
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Nicholas Spies			ns@cat.cmu.edu.arpa
Center for Design of Educational Computing
Carnegie Mellon University