selecting lines in a field

[Thomas McGrath III]

Tim,

You might want to change this script to include this line:  or line  
(item i of tHilitedLines) of me = "Clear" -- That way the Clear line  
won't be highlighted in a multi-line highlight either.

As in:

on mouseDown
  local tHilitedLines
  -----
  lock screen
  put the hilitedlines of me into tHilitedLines
  if tHilitedLines = 1 then
    set the hilitedlines of me to empty
    -- clear
  else
    repeat with i = the number of items in tHilitedLines down to 0
      if line (item i of tHilitedLines) of me = "---" or line (item i  
of tHilitedLines) of me = "Clear" then
        delete item i of tHilitedLines
      end if
    end repeat
    set the hilitedlines of me to tHilitedLines
  end if
  unlock screen
end mouseDown


HTH TOM
On Feb 17, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Eric Chatonet wrote:ne

> Hi Tim,
>
> Assuming a field I put in:
>
> Clear
> ---
> Choice 1
> Choice 2
> Choice 3
> ---
> Choice 4
> Choice 5
> etc.
>
> And in the script of the field:
>
> on mouseDown
>  local tHilitedLines
>  -----
>  lock screen
>  put the hilitedLines of me into tHilitedLines
>  if tHilitedLines = 1 then
>    set the hilitedLines of me to empty
>    -- clear
>  else
>    repeat with i = the number of items in tHilitedLines down to 1
>      if line (item i of tHilitedLines) of me = "---" then
>        delete item i of tHilitedLines
>      end if
>    end repeat
>    set the hilitedLines of me to tHilitedLines
>  end if
>  unlock screen
> end mouseDown
>
> Hope this helps.
> BTW if the above works, I'm not sure it's really compliant with  
> usual guidelines on any platform ;-)
>
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
>
> Le 17 févr. 08 à 01:43, Timothy Miller a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After all these years, still a beginner... sigh...
>>
>> A multi-line field. Locked. Focusable. Autohilite and listbehavior  
>> are true. Normally, I'd turn on "multi-line" and "non-continguous"  
>> and I'd be good to go. Later on, a script will get the hilitedlines  
>> of this field.
>>
>> Except...
>>
>> I use "---" as a separator, and some lines are deliberately blank,  
>> for the sake of readability.
>>
>> If I click on "---" or a blank line, I'd like to leave that line un- 
>> hilited, without disturbing the other hilitedlines in the field.
>>
>> --also--
>>
>> Line 1 = "Clear"
>>
>> If I click on line 1, I'd like to set all the hilitedlines to  
>> false, including the hilite of line 1.
>>
>> I think I know the necessary commands and properties, though one  
>> can't be certain in my case. I've realized I might need to turn off  
>> the mulit-line or non-contiguous property and script some field  
>> behavior manually. I've tried various possibilities by trial and  
>> error, but I can't seem to put the pieces together. Now I'm stuck.
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Tim
>
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