lineoffset

[Jim Ault]

On Nov 6, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Rick Rice wrote:

> I know there is something real easy I'm missing but;
>
> why doesn't this work?
>
> on mouseUp
>  set itemdel to "|"
>  get the clicktext
>  put lineoffset (it, item 1 of cd field "storage")
> end mouseUp



Not knowing what is in the field, I will take a guess.

Try
  set itemdel to "|"
  put item 1 of cd field "storage" into testValue
  breakpoint  --now look at the string in testValue

Also
  put lineoffset(it, item 1 of cd field "storage") --
  -- no space after 'lineoffset'


Also remember that an 'item' is considered a smaller chunk than a  
line, so that the following does not make sense to Rev
        put line 2 of item 4 of field "storage"

What you would need to do to follow the rules is
set the lineDel to "|"
set the itemDel to cr
put item 2 of line 4 of field "storage"
-- now multiple visible lines in the field would be considered as  
items for the purposes of chunk expressions.

By the way, cd field is not necessary in Rev, but works because of the  
compatibility routines that allow much of Hypercard to work in Rev.

Hope this helps,

Jim Ault
Las Vegas