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selectedField
the selectedField
Value returned: a field expression that indicates the field in which a range of characters is currently highlighted. If nothing is highlighted, it returns empty. The field expression returned has one of the following forms:
card field nbkgnd field n
where n is the number of the field.
Examples
get the selectedFieldput the selectedField into theField
Demo Script
on selectedFieldDemo select line 1 of field 1 wait 15 answer "The field containing the selection is:" & return &¬ the name of the selectedFieldend selectedFieldDemo
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