Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!dan From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: Getting location of characters in a field Message-ID: <15815@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 19 Aug 88 17:24:08 GMT References: <589@oops.cme-durer.ARPA> Reply-To: dan@apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 20 In article <589@oops.cme-durer.ARPA> ressler@cme-durer.ARPA (weirdo) writes: >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. What you want is a legitimate request for a "sticky" button that sticks to the text. We at Apple are working on this for a future version of HyperCard. In the meantime, there is a stack with a nifty "sticky button" script that sort of works. I think it is a Herzier software stack, and I do not think it had to resort to an XCMD. Dan Allen Apple Computer