Er... I can't see htmlText in the list there nor can I see the working screenRect which also accepts the effective keyword.
Either way it should be documented also under all these properties. On 14/03/2013, at 7:08 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > No catch at all, the docs are quite well written in this regard: > > effective [keyword] > > Use the effective keyword to get the displayed color or font of an > object, regardless of whether the object itself has that property set. > The effective keyword can also be used to get the filename of a > substack or the current rectangle of an object. > > Comments: > If one of an object's text, color, or pattern properties is set to > empty, the owner's setting is used instead. (If the owner's setting is > empty, the setting of that object's owner is used.) > > The effective keyword can be used with the following inherited properties: > > * backgroundColor property > * backgroundPattern property > * backgroundPixel property > * bottomColor property > * bottomPattern property > * bottomPixel property > * focusColor property > * focusPattern property > * focusPixel property > * foregroundColor property > * foregroundPattern property > * foregroundPixel property > * hiliteColor property > * hilitePattern property > * hilitePixel property > * topColor property > * topPattern property > * topPixel property > * shadowColor property > * shadowPattern property > * shadowPixel property > > * textFont property > * textHeight property > * textSize property > * textStyle property > > * filename of stack property > * rectangle property > > * layerMode property > > As always the problem isn't so much with the docs but actually > stumbling across the gems that are hidden in them. > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:48 AM, J. Landman Gay > <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: >> >> On 3/13/13 5:36 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 14/03/2013, at 9:29 AM, "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> get the effective htmlText of fld 1 >>> >>> >>> Nice... for finding it you get the privilege of writing the docs bug report >>> ;-) >> >> >> I knew there'd be a catch. :) >> >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! _______________________________________________ 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
