tabstops fld

[Shao Sean]

function extractItem pFieldName, pItemNumber
  set the itemDelimiter to TAB  # TAB is a constant in the language
  return item pItemNumber of fld pFieldName
end extractItem

hope that helps..

----- Original Message ----- 
> I' have a fld with columns (tabstop property).
> I'd like to pick the text of one column.
> There is a XFCN from Rinaldi
> put extractitems(fld "myFld",tab,"2") into txtofColumn2
> Is it possible to write a script that goes even fast ?
> Is there a syntax in transcript ?