But I want to re-select the text later, not set the background color BR
> On Jul 31, 2015, at 8:05 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> On 7/31/2015 5:52 PM, Brahmanathaswami wrote: >> If we make a text selection and store it as a selectedChunk string >> >> e.g >> >> gCurrentSelection >> >> >> which them would have say... a value of >> >> char 669 to 1094 of field 6 >> >> How to I re-select that text? >> >> global gCurrentSelection >> on mouseUp >> set the backgroundcolor of gCurrentSelection to yellow >> end mouseUp >> >> works' >> >> but >> >> global gCurrentSelection >> on mouseUp >> selectgCurrentSelection >> end mouseUp >> >> does not... an i can't find a way to re-set the selection .... > > I like to avoid "do" because that requires an on-the-fly compilation, so I > generally use this: > > set the backgroundcolor of char (word 2 of gCurrentSelection) to (word 4 of > gCurrentSelection) of fld "somefield" to "yellow" > > Or if the field will vary: > > set the backgroundcolor of char (word 2 of gCurrentSelection) to (word 4 of > gCurrentSelection) of fld (last word of gCurrentSelection) to "yellow" > > -- > 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
