Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cme-durer!ressler
From: ressler@cme-durer.ARPA (weirdo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Getting location of characters in a field
Message-ID: <589@oops.cme-durer.ARPA>
Date: 17 Aug 88 12:04:29 GMT
Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
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Is it possible to make a button travel along with the text, in a field.

i.e. to create an anchored button which moves say on top of an asterisk 
which indicates a link to another card.   

The main problem I have not been able to figure out is how to get an x,y
location for the position of a particular word or character (that pesky *) in
a field.  Any XCMD's out there?? or other hacks would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Sandy Ressler

ressler@cme-durer.arpa