Get (ActiveFieldContents): invalid argument was encountered

[daanvdn]

Hi,

I've written a simple script to copy any active selection to a field, using the following functions:

Middle

(

Get (ActiveFieldContents);

Get (ActiveSelectionStart);

Get (ActiveSelectionSize)

)

The problem is that for some types of content the script copies only a portion of the selection (whether the field be a text or calculation field).

When I try to evaluate the first expression -- Get (ActiveFieldContents) -- in the DataViewer, I get the following message:

invalid argument was encountered

and then the DataViewer goes blank.

In particular, this bug occurs when the source field in question contains text with a lot of unusual characters and diacritics (I work on medieval german and english), e.g.

Ni sínt thie ímo ouh derien, in thiu nan Fránkon werien; 104 thie snélli sine irbiten, thaz síe nan umbiriten. 105 Wanta állaz thaz sies thénkent, sie ịz al mit góte wirkent; 106 ni dúent sies wíht in noti ána sin girati

Could it be that such characters confuse the Get (ActiveFieldContents)-function? Because when I insert normal text in the same field the function works fine... (Although I see no particular reason why?)

Any suggestions?

Kind regards

Daan Ghent Belgium

[dansmith65]

This is kindof a long shot, but if the "ActiveField" is defined as numeric, that could cause your script to return errors.

Please tell me if this is the case.