Disable/Enable selected lines in a field

[Bojsza]

Thanks Rob,

This put me on the right track.

Glen


On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 09:13 AM, Rob Cozens wrote:

> Hi Glen,
>
>> I have two fields where a user hilites single or multiple lines in 
>> field "aChoiceList" and then presses a button "Yes" which copies the 
>> selected lines into field "aSelectedList".
>>
>> What I am wanting to do is to some how gray out the lines and disable 
>> them from being selected in field "aChoiceList" that now show in the 
>> field "aSelectedList.
>>
>> If the user selects lines in the field "aSelectedList and clicks 
>> another button "return" then the lines are removed from the field 
>> "aSelectedList and the associated lines in the field "aChoiceList" 
>> become ungrayed and available to select again in the future.
>>
>
> Have you checked out the possibility of setting the textcolor of the 
> lines instead of the hilite?
>
>> on mouseUp
>>   lock screen
>
>     put  return&(fld "aSelectedList") into previousSelections
>     get fld "aChoiceList"
>      repeat with x = 1 to the number of lines of it
>
>      /* I don't think "repeat for each line aLine in..."
>         gets you the textColor*/
>
>        if the textColor of line x of fld "aChoiceList" is not grey 
> then next repeat
>        if offset(cr&(line x of it)&cr,previousSelections)<>0 then next 
> repeat
>
>>     put line x of it & cr after fld "aSelectedList"
>>   end repeat
>>
>
>
>>   unlock screen
>> end mouseUp
>>
>
> To select" a line, set its textColor to grey; to deselect it, set the 
> textColor to empty.
> -- 
>
> Rob Cozens
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