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From: Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu (Scott D. Camp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Using group
Message-ID: <90302.144024Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 90 19:40:24 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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I have what is probably a very simple problem that has me stumped. I am
trying to create an index of a bg fld into another bg fld. (If this sounds
like something you have seen in TidBITS, it should. I took the idea from
TidBITS.) When I copy the contents of the field I am indexing, I would like
the contents to have a textStyle of group so I can later use clickText to
go to the appropriate card. However, I have not been able to think of a way
to do this. I have tried setting the textStyle of the field to be indexed
to group, but the put command does not retain the style of the field from
which information is being copied. I have tried setting the textStyle of the
index field itself to group, hoping that returns would separate different
chunks, but this does not appear to work as the entire content of the field
is grouped. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for considering the request of an admitted HC novice.

BTW, here is the basic repeat loop I am using. Note that the bg fld index is
obviously locked and has the property ShareText set to true.

repeat with x = 1 to the number of cards
  go to card x
  if x = 1 then put bg fld "index name" & return into bg fld "index"
  else put bg fld "index name" & return after bg fld "index"
end repeat

I have also considered putting the contents of "index name" into a local
variable and then setting textStyle to group, but from the discussion in
The Book, I assume that textStyle does not work with local variables. Is my
understanding correct?

Again, thanks.

Scott D. Camp   Q8N@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
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