tabKey in table fld

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Hershel Fisch <hershrev at realtorsgroup.us> wrote:
> 
> On Monday, October 25, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Jan
> Schenkel wrote:
> 
> > --- Hershel Fisch <hershrev at realtorsgroup.us>
> wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >> They were many discussion around this topic, but
> >> this particular
> >> question wasn't answered yet.
> >> How can I determine thru tabbing in which cell
> the
> >> cursor is located
> >> "only with the tab key" , which function should I
> >> use and how to use it
> >> ?
> >> Thanks a mill. Hershel Fisch
> >>
> >
> > Hi Hershel,
> >
> > If you mean a field where 'Table behavior' is
> turned
> > on, you can get the cREVTable["currentxcell"] and
> the
> > cREVTable["currentycell"] properties of the field.
> >
> > If you mean a field where you've turned on the
> > 'Vertical grid' without turning on 'Table
> behavior'
> > then you'll have to count the tabs and returns I'm
> > afraid -- unless someone has a better idea ?
> 
> I mean rather this one. How would I do that ?
> It just occurred to me to use "selectedLoc" and use
> item 1 or  2 to 
> convert it to lines and items and the use "select"
> item x of line x , 
> but its a bit complicated.

You are close : have a look at the 'selectedChunk'
property. This will be of the form :
  char 7 to 19 of field "Foobar"
So your field would have a script like this :
--
on AnswerTheCurrentCell
  put the selectedChunk into tChunk
  put word 2 of tChunk into tStartPosition
  put char 1 to tStartPosition of me into tTextBefore
  ## now count the number of lines in tTextBefore
  put the number of lines in tTextBefore \
      into tRow
  set the itemDelimiter to tab
  put the number of items of line -1 of tTextBefore \
      into tColumn
  answer "row:" && tRow & return & \
      "column:" && tColumn
end AnswerTheCurrentCell
--

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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