TXT field dates problem

[Shao Sean]

> So how ie 2 days old messages can be changed black and todays messages
remain red? Is that possible to do in same text field?

on addMessage pDateItems, pMessageToAdd
  local todaysDateItems
  lock screen
  convert the seconds to dateItems
  put it into todaysDateItems
  put pMessageToAdd & LINEFEED before field "newMessages"
  if ((item 1 of pDateItems = item 1 of todaysDateItems) AND \
      (item 2 of pDateItems = item 2 of todaysDateItems) AND \
      (item 3 of pDateItems = item 3 of todaysDateItems)) then
    -- it's today (item 1 = year, item 2 = month, item 3 = date)
    select char 1 to (the number of chars in pMessageToAdd) of field
"newMessages"
    set the foregroundColor of the selectedChunk to "red"
  end if
end addMessage


there ya go.. nicely wrapped into a handler for you ;-).. any questions,
feel free to ask (i'm gonna be up for another 10mins then beddy-bye time)