I must be missing something. selectedLoc gets you the upper left corner. FormattedHeight will allow computation of the lowerLeft. How do you get the right side?
-= Mike On Apr 1, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Curt Ford wrote: > >> My client's project has long text fields, in which are a number of separate >> lines that, in the original Word files, had boxes around them. The "box" >> style in LiveCode is too tight around the text for their taste, so I've been >> creating graphic rectangles and positioning them by hand. >> >> An issue has come up where wrapping is inconsistent on different systems >> running XP; when the wrapping changes, the positioning of the graphics over >> the text is wrong. >> >> Is there a way to position the graphics in relation to a given line in a >> field on the fly? > > A combination of the selectedLoc and formattedHeight functions should allow > you to derive a rect. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > _______________________________________________ > 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
