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 Lines: 15 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