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- From: paf@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Paul Fritze)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: Hi-liting a locked field
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 17:45:23 +1100
- Organization: Chemistry Department, Melbourne University, AUS.
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- In article <babb-161292152533@larc.sdsu.edu> babb@sciences.sdsu.edu (J. Babb) writes:
- >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.
-
- Create a new button over the field and set its hilite to true (via message box
- eg.
- set hilite of last btn to true).
- This will give white lettering on black.
- As a matter of interest to select the text of a field:
-
- select text of fld xyz
- This will work if the field is locked as well. The selection will disappear if
- you need to enter text anywhere else or change cards etc.
-
- Paul
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