pageRanges

Type

property

Summary

Splits the content of a field into pages based on the height of a field.

Syntax

get the pageRanges of <field>

Description

Use the pageRanges property to split field content into pages based on the height of the field.

The pageRanges property (notionally) splits up the field content into pages based on the height of the field, and then returns a return-delimited list of char ranges. Each char range corresponds to an individual page.

For example, for a field capable of displaying two lines of text and containing these lines:

   Line 1
   Line 2
   Line 3
   Line 4
   Line 5
   Line 6

The pageRanges would return:

   1,14
   15,28
   29,42

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
field		A reference to a field

Examples

put the pageRanges of field "chapter" into tPageCount

Related

property: height, formattedHeight

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 6.1

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile