Hi Richmond, ReplaceText is a function, not a command and you can't replace anything in a literal but only in a container.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com On 13 jun 2012, at 11:19, Richmond wrote: > put fld "TEXXT" into TEXXT > if TEXXT contains "sugar" then > replaceText ("sugar","sugar","sweetener") > end if > put TEXXT into fld "TEXXT" > > doesn't work. > > The dictionary entry does NOT say something like this: > > replaceText TEXXT ("sugar","sugar","sweetener") > > ---------------------- > > tried: > > if fld "TEXXT" contains "sugar" then > replaceText ("sugar","sugar","sweetener") > end if > > no joy there either. > > ??? > > Richmond. _______________________________________________ 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