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Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:29 pm**

Hi All,

I am having problems with an editable field.

When users open the card the first time the field says: "Click here to add the topic"

I want this line to dissapear when users click on the field, so that they can add their own text.
If they click in a save button next time they go to that card they should find what they wrote, but if they didnt write anything, they should find again the line "Click here to add the topic".

Any idea how to get it to work?

I thought the way to think about it was programming revolution to recognize the string and then writing a condition, but I havent been able to write the code so that revolutionrecognize the string "Click here to add the topic".

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:40 pm**

Hi mtdecor,
how about putting this into your card script

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on opencard
   if  field "myField" is  "" then 
      put "Click here to add the topic" into field "myField"
   end if
end opencard

and this into the script of the field

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on mouseUp
   if the text of me is not "Click here to add the topic" then exit mouseUp
   set the locktext of me to false
   set the traversalon of me to true
   put empty into me
   select before text of me
end mouseUp

on closefield
   LockMe
end closefield

on focusOut
   LockMe
end focusOut

on returninfield
   LockMe
end returninfield

on enterinfield
   LockMe
end enterinfield

on LockMe
   set the locktext of me to true
   set the traversalon of me to false
end LockMe

just make shure field "myField" is locked and the traversalOn is false from the beginning.
into the save button you put

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on mouseUp
 send returninfield to field "myField"
   --
   -- continue with your saving
end mouseUp

see what happens and if it is what you want.
The way it is now the text of the field should be persistent.
Tell us if it is not what you want.
regards
Bernd[/code]

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:43 pm**

Bern,

Thanks a lot, it works great.

Marta

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