Re: Deleting protected text

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Sergey Tkachenko

Posted: 08/17/2002 12:06:03

In the current version, if you wish to delete text item which has several

characters and is protected from changing, the only way is to select it and

delete.

Alternative way - I have a code for special item type, which looks like a

text item, but treated like a single character.

> I was playing with the mail merge demo off the website, and when inserting

a

> field, that field become protected.  I would like to be able to delete the

> field by just putting the cursor before or after the protected section,

then

> pressing delete or backspace accordingly.  Right now you have to select

the

> entire protected portion in order to delete it.  I'm trying to make it

> behave more like Word.  I am new to the component so I have no idea where

to

> start.  Can someone point me in the right direction to create this

behavior?

> Thanks in advance!

>

> Ryan McGinty

> OCERIS, Inc.

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