Bold & Red Please!!

[Rehoboth]

Hi

I am trying to add a bold button and a red button above a text box. Just want to highlight text and then bold it or change colour to red. But only the highlighted sections.

I have followed links, and tried stuff. But just can't do it! This is becomming detrimental to my health!

If anyone has done this already could you possibly post the actual scripts?

Would be very much appreciated.

Trevor

[Genx]

Set Field[ yourField ;

Let( x = yourField ;

Left( x ; Get(ActiveSelectionStart) - 1 ) &

TextStyleAdd( Middle( x ; Get(ActiveSelectionStart) ; Get(ActiveSelectionSize) ) ; Bold ) &

Right( x ; Length(x) - (Get ( ActiveSelectionStart) + Get(ActiveSelectionSize) -1 ) )

)

]

Change the bolded bits to:

TextColor( ; RGB( 200 ; 0 ; 0 ) )

Edited February 17, 2007 by Guest

[Rehoboth]

Hi

Thanks for this. Can't get it to work though. I have selected the "get field" command from the left and then typed the rest in in the specify calculation option. Is that right?

Thanks

Trevor

[Rehoboth]

Sorry, I meant "set filed" not "get field".

[Genx]

... Did you specify yourField in the Set Field command?

[Genx]

Sigh...See attached just to save us some time

formatExample.zip

[Rehoboth]

Hi

Thanks for your help, problem solved.

Driving was successful but a tad impatient!

[Genx]

Lol. I'm sitting here thinking, what is this guy on about. Then i remembered, hehe. Well no, it just usually goes in circles and you go, "it doesn't work" and then i go "it does" and then you go "i tried it, it doesn't work" then i go "yes it does, here's a sample" : So I just took a short cut hehehe.

Sigh, funny to me anyway.