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Did I do this right? on mouseup put 2 into tNumToFind repeat put truewordOffset (tNumToFind, fld 1) into tOffset Here is what the help window says about truewordOffset: "Returns the number of truewords between the beginning of a value and an occurrence of a specified string." How can I understand th...

on mouseup put 2 into tNumToFind repeat put truewordOffset (tNumToFind, fld 1) into tOffset _______________________________ Here is what the help window says about truewordOffset: Returns the number of truewords between the beginning of a value and an occurrence of a specified string. How can I unde...

Thanks again. I will certainly check out these sources as I have time.

Richard, thank you for this thoughtful reply. Can you direct me to a user manual or a good place to reference information like this? Like if I wanted to understand trueWord , is there a place, similar to the SC help files, that gives a description of its use and parameters? I did try to access a lin...

Hi, I am new to this but before I spend a lot of time studying this I thought of asking if want I intend to do is possible. My interest is in apps that can do this. Using repeat loops: 1) search text and retrieve sentences, as in a list of the various findings. 2) edit text, like if a word starts wi...

Richard and Jean-Marc,

Thanks. Encouraging. I will check it out.

I have a busy time the next few weeks but middle of Sept. I am going to download and look at Rev (and also Rodeo if available) and will certainly take advantage of the forum after I have looked at it more.

Richard II

Richard, You are very generous with your time, putting all this information here for me. I have some thinking to do. Believe it or not, I have never had a PC or Windows. Got my first Mac in 1982 (?), at least I think it was that year — I was on a waiting list for it, had just come out. Had Macs ever...

Thanks. Useful thread. I remember having Dan Shafer's books when learning Hypercard. Might be a place to start.

Richard

Richard,
Thanks, I understand. I understand also that the rules are evolving. It might make sense for me to learn to use Rev Studio and later, if things change in that direction, to go to RevMobile.

Richard II

If I want to learn to use Rev, what book would be recommended?

Robert, Thanks for the suggestions. My problem is that I have very little knowledge of programming languages and don't really have time to learn them unless they are simple. I had the advantage of learning Hypercard years ago and recently re-activated that interest by getting Supercard and re-learni...

Richard Well I read the links. I am not sure I fully understand everything as this is not my main work and my knowledge limited. Last couple of days I have been in touch with Heather at Rev. and asking questions about the use of RevMobile. If I got it right, it would be possible (legal?) to create a...

Thanks Robert. My ambition is to make it into an Ap that would run on my iPad. How would you suggest I start? Should I go directly to the RevMobile? Or start with other software they offer?