You could try: on mouseUp put the selectedChunk into sc put word 2 of sc into strt put word 4 of sc into stp put fld word 7 of sc into txt put selectedWords(strt,stp,txt) into fld "out" end mouseUp
function selectedWords strt,stp,txt put the num of words in char 1 to strt of txt into w1 put the num of words in char 1 to stp of txt into w2 return w1,w2 -- start and stop end selectedWords Of course you have an uncertainty if your selection starts or stops within words. Similar for truewords ... _______________________________________________ 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
