Any ideas on working out number of characters(approx) that can be entered into a field

[Jan Schenkel]

Because the physical split may happen in the middle of a logical line, if the field is set to wrap.
The 'pageRanges' mirrors the 'pageHeights' property in its logic to find out which chunk of the field represents a page.

Jan Schenkel.

 
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> From: Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>
>To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> 
>Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 6:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Any ideas on working out number of characters(approx) that can be	entered into a field
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>On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:07 AM, J. Landman Gay
><jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
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>> See the "pageRanges" property in the dictionary. It gives a list of
>> character ranges that fit the height of the field.
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>Crazy question -- what's the benefit of returning a character range instead
>of a line range?
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