returnInField doesn't work

[Friedrich F. Grohmann]

Kenji, Stephen and Ron,

Thanks for all your input and suggestions. As a matter of fact, I tried 
things like "find string the text of me" and "find words the text of me" 
before, to no avail. As I mentioned in my first message, even the beep 
command didn't work with returnInField, so something more than just 
details of search operations must have been involved.

Anyway, I created a new field with the same specifications as the 
previous search field and, lo and behold, it's not only happily beeping 
but "find string me" works, too! That's most encouraging. The strange 
thing is that both fields, the troublesome and the new one, are 
practically identical, apart from their position and slightly different 
size. I checked the object inspector and didn't find any factor which 
could explain the discrepancy in behaviour. Pretty mindboggling.

Again, thanks for your kind help.

Fritz