What is the script for selecting a specific word in a field?

[Eric Chatonet]

Hello Robert,

Welcome to this list :-)
You will find here a lot of people to help you.
I have no time at the moment but I will extract for you the right  
script for you ASAP :-)

Best regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.

Le 18 mai 05 à 17:44, Robert Ball a écrit :

> Hello Eric from Paris, thank you so much for responding to my  
> request for help. Apparently I did not make clear exactly what I  
> want to do in my first message, so here is my second attempt.
>
> I have a field YourAnswer on a card with several instances of xxx.  
> I want to press the tab key and have the cursor move to the next  
> instance of xxx and also hilite the xxx. The script
>
> on tabKey
>   find word xxx in field "YourAnswer"
> end tabKey
>
> moves the cursor to the next xxx and draws an outline box around  
> the xxx, but it doesn't hilite the xxx, which is what I want. I  
> have to double click the found xxx to select it.
>
> I had hoped the script
>
> on tabKey
>   select word xxx in field "YourAnswer"
> end tabKey
>
> would work, but it doesn't. I must be doing something wrong.
>
> Robert
>
> PS -- this is my first message, I just joined the list yesterday. I  
> hope this is how to respond to your message.

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