selectedText confusion

[hershrev]

if the script isn't in the field the text is then you have to write
put the selectedText of field "theTextIsIn" into myVar
On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 04:04 PM, Ken Ray wrote:

> How about "put the hilitedText of me into lcgCurrentPerson"
>
> Are you sure that the line is highlighted before executing your code? 
> Just
> curious...
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
>> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
>> Graham Samuel
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 11:45 AM
>> To: use-revolution-request-lists.runrev.com
>> Subject: selectedText confusion
>>
>>
>> I've got a list field where one line is hilited (I can see
>> the hilite), and
>> I have the following handler in it
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>    global lcgCurrentPerson
>>    put the selectedText into lcgCurrentPerson
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> I send a mouseUp from a handler in the stack which owns the
>> field in order
>> to fill my variable lcgCurrentPerson, but all I get is empty.
>> Can anyone
>> explain this?
>>
>> (RR2.2RC on Windows XP Home Edition)
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK & France
>>
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