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- From: Eric C. Kofoid <kofoid@bioscience.utah.edu>
- Subject: Re: Hi-liting a locked field
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.235134.3822@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 23:51:34 GMT
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- >From: babb@sciences.sdsu.edu (J. Babb)
- >Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- >Subject: Hi-liting a locked field
- >Message-ID: <babb-161292152533@larc.sdsu.edu>
- >Date: 16 Dec 92 23:31:32 GMT
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- >I've got a field that changes fonts and is supposed to look like a
- >chalkboard (white letters on black) but I can't select it cause it's
- >locked. I don't want to unlock it, otherwise people will change its
- >content. When I "select cd fld chalkb" from a script, I get marching ants
- >(and the field tool goes active!!), but not selection like hitting the
- Tab
- >key will give me.
- >Anybody know a workaround or XCMD?
- >Jeff
-
- 1. Make the field transparent.
- 2. Set the textstyle to outline.
- 3. Paint a black rectangle behind the field.
- QED
-
- ooo Dr. Cancer ooo
-
- "Being certain of the conclusion assists in finding the proof"
- Galileo, 17th century
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