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[Thomas McGrath III]

That makes my ramblings useless. :-)

Good for you.

Would you share it when you are done???

Thanks

Tom

On Feb 26, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Dan Soneson wrote:

>> Check into the selectedLoc function. This would allow you to (under
>> lockScreen) select the chunk of text that is your placeholder, then 
>> use
>> the selectedLoc() to determine where the topLeft corner of the 
>> selection
>> is, and then use that to draw your entry field.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Ken Ray
>
> Thanks, Ken. That's perfect! I simply use a unique initial character 
> for each word and another unique end character. I then use the offset 
> function to identify and select each character in turn, get the x,y 
> coordinates, do a bit of recalculation and then create a field that 
> begins at the initial  character and ends after the ending character. 
> I don't even have to delete this word, just cover it with the new 
> field. It works and looks terrific.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Dan
>
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