how do you send the Home key stroke to a text field using a script command
or other method. I want to move the cursor to the begginning of the contents
of a text field. I am using the middle function to extract the text but the
cursor is always at the end. I want the user input to begin at the front of
this extract text.

Thanks in advance,

Peter

peter <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:

> how do you send the Home key stroke to a text field using a script command
> or other method. I want to move the cursor to the begginning of the contents
> of a text field. I am using the middle function to extract the text but the
> cursor is always at the end. I want the user input to begin at the front of
> this extract text.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Peter

Only in FM7:

Script step:
Set Selection [Filename::Fieldname; Start position: 0; End Position: 0]

-- 
Henk B

Thanks for this information Henk but unfortunately I am using Filemaker
version 6. Is this not possible in filemaker 6?  Seems strange that
something as basic as this is not possible.


"Henk B" <henk.invalid@address.invalid> wrote in message
news:1ghdvp1.1u5ixf3xjpueN%henk.invalid@address.invalid...
> peter <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>
> > how do you send the Home key stroke to a text field using a script
command
> > or other method. I want to move the cursor to the begginning of the
contents
> > of a text field. I am using the middle function to extract the text but
the
> > cursor is always at the end. I want the user input to begin at the front
of
> > this extract text.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Peter
>
> Only in FM7:
>
> Script step:
> Set Selection [Filename::Fieldname; Start position: 0; End Position: 0]
>
> -- 
> Henk B

In article <1ghdvp1.1u5ixf3xjpueN%henk.invalid@address.invalid>,
henk.invalid@address.invalid (Henk B) wrote:

> peter <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
> 
> > how do you send the Home key stroke to a text field using a script command
> > or other method. I want to move the cursor to the begginning of the contents
> > of a text field. I am using the middle function to extract the text but the
> > cursor is always at the end. I want the user input to begin at the front of
> > this extract text.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Peter
> 
> Only in FM7:
> 
> Script step:
> Set Selection [Filename::Fieldname; Start position: 0; End Position: 0]

We went through this only a little while back, but it's no longer on my
newsserver.

It can't be done in earlier versions of FileMaker. The best way around
it is to use a Global field into which the user types the text and then
clicks a button to run a script that adds the global field's content to
the start of the intended field.



Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

In article <RBhMc.84267$Rf.3820@edtnps84>, "peter" <nospam@nospam.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for this information Henk but unfortunately I am using Filemaker
> version 6. Is this not possible in filemaker 6?  Seems strange that
> something as basic as this is not possible.

It's not really "something so basic" for a database package, which is
what FileMaker Pro actually is. It's more of an extra frill or perhaps
something for a proper software developement package ... which seems to
be the direction they're trying to head in with many of the new
features of FileMaker 7.


Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

Helpful Harry <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote:

> In article <1ghdvp1.1u5ixf3xjpueN%henk.invalid@address.invalid>,
> henk.invalid@address.invalid (Henk B) wrote:
> 
> > peter <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > how do you send the Home key stroke to a text field using a script
> > > command or other method. I want to move the cursor to the begginning
> > > of the contents of a text field. I am using the middle function to
> > > extract the text but the cursor is always at the end. I want the user
> > > input to begin at the front of this extract text.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > 
> > Only in FM7:
> > 
> > Script step: et Selection [Filename::Fieldname; Start position: 0; End
> > SPosition: 0]
> 
> We went through this only a little while back, but it's no longer on my
> newsserver.
> 
> It can't be done in earlier versions of FileMaker. The best way around it
> is to use a Global field into which the user types the text and then
> clicks a button to run a script that adds the global field's content to
> the start of the intended field.
> 
> 
> 
> Helpful Harry opefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork
> Hhardships  ;o)

Or give instructions to use Cmd-ARROWUP (Cntrl-ARROWUP?)

-- Henk B

I guess it is because I have been using MS Access where this is easy to do.
It would be nice if fmp6 had a more powerful scripting language and
triggered events on objects.

Thank you for you responses.

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote in message
news:240720041314589824%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com...
> In article <RBhMc.84267$Rf.3820@edtnps84>, "peter" <nospam@nospam.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for this information Henk but unfortunately I am using Filemaker
> > version 6. Is this not possible in filemaker 6?  Seems strange that
> > something as basic as this is not possible.
>
> It's not really "something so basic" for a database package, which is
> what FileMaker Pro actually is. It's more of an extra frill or perhaps
> something for a proper software developement package ... which seems to
> be the direction they're trying to head in with many of the new
> features of FileMaker 7.
>
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)