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fixedLineHeight

set [the] fixedLineHeight of field ¬
to trueOrFalse

The fixedLineHeight property returns or sets whether a field has uniform line height or varies the line height of each line according to largest font size that appears in the line.

It corresponds to the Fixed Line Height check box in a Field Info dialog box.

Setting the fixedLineHeight property to false sets the showLines property to false. Setting the fixedLineHeight to true has no effect on the showLines.

Examples

set the fixedLineHeight of bkgnd field id 24 to false

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field

An expression that identifies a field by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

card field id posInteger [[of] card]
card field text [of card] -- name
card field posInteger [of card]
ordinal card field [of card]
[bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card]
[bkgnd] field text [of card] -- name
[bkgnd] field posInteger [of card]
ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card]
For example:

card field id 3894

card field "My Notes"

card field 1

first card field

background field 3 of card 1

When used inside a field script in HyperTalk: `me`
When a field receives a message: `[the] target`
A field can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background.

trueOrFalse

Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true
false
the hilite of bg btn "Yes"
fld "Zip" contains "95014"
the short name of this stack is "Fred"

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