manipulating attributes of text in fields from scripts

[jonathandlynch at gmail.com]

Also - to affect the field by id you need to say this:

Set the textstyle of char 1 to -1 of field id tgtg to empty

There is a difference between bolded chars and a bolded field. So, you would need to know which is the source of bolding, or just fix them both.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 8:43 PM, jonathandlynch at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Try
> 
> Set the textstyle of char 1 to -1 of field "my field" to empty
> 
> 
> You can also do this:
> Put field "my field" into field "my field"
> 
> That will put the text - without formatting - into the field content
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 8:29 PM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a number of label fields which inadvertently have bold text in them.
>> I can identify these in a loop from their text, and put the long id of
>> the field into tgTg.
>> 
>> Shouldn't one of
>> 
>> *set* the textStyle of tgTg to "plain"
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> *set* the textStyle of char 1 to -1 of the text of tgTg to "plain"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> do this?
>> 
>> I'm trying to completely obliterate any bold settings, and there may be
>> bits of boldoff-boldon between characters(?) of the pdf source I paste.
>> -- 
>> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
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