positioning graphics in relation to a line in a text field

[Peter Haworth]

Michael,
I missed the beginning of this thread so not 100% sure of what you're
trying to achieve but have you considered  - set the imagesource of char x
of line y of field "xyz" to 1234?  That makes the image appear at the
specified location and it scrolls along with everything else.  You may also
have to use the textshift property of the same char to align the image
vertically.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Michael Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Tom.  Mark, what are some of the complications that you mentioned
> about scrolling fields?   I am thinking about trying to emulate the little
> IOS selection handles.
>
> I can see going from the selection to find a location to put the pin
> graphic, but I am not quite sure how to modify the selection to track the
> pin movement.
>
> -= Mike
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > This works really well for me and it will handle multiple selected word
> on different lines etc. I had a grc that was a dashed box:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >     put the formattedRect of the selectedChunk into tRect
> >     put "4" into tMargin
> >     put item 1 of tRect - tMargin into item 1 of tRect
> >     put item 3 of tRect + tMargin + 3 into item 3 of tRect
> >     put item 4 of tRect + tMargin into item 4 of tRect
> >     set the rect of graphic "Box" to tRect
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > -- Tom McGrath III
> > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
> > mcgrath3 at mac.com
> >
> > On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Michael Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Mark.   I think it is going to be one of those days that I might
> as well stop looking for the forest or the trees.
> >>
> >> -= Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Michael-
> >>>
> >>> Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 6:52:57 AM, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I must be missing something.  selectedLoc gets you the upper left
> >>>> corner.  FormattedHeight will allow computation of the lowerLeft.
> >>>> How do you get the right side?
> >>>
> >>> The formattedWidth of the longest line plus the left.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> -Mark Wieder
> >>> mwieder at ahsoftware.net
> >>>
> >>>
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