Variables and functions related to navigate icons

The following variables and functions are useful when you are working with navigation.

Variables

Variable Description 
Navigating

Indicates whether a jump or call is under way.

 
NavTo

Indicates which page initiated a call or jump.

 
NavFrom

Indicates which page is the destination of a call or jump.

 
CallStackText

Lists the connections between two icons set up as a call.

 
CalledFrom

Indicates the ID of the icon that's the origin of a call to the specified icon.

 
CurrentPageID

Indicates the Icon ID of the current page displayed that's attached to a specified framework icon.

 
CurrentPageNum

Indicates the order in which the current page is attached to the specified framework icon.

 
MatchCount

Indicates the number of times FindText found a particular word or phrase.

 
PageCount

Indicates the number of pages attached to the specified framework icon.

Functions

The following Framework category functions mostly perform tasks associated with text searches and displaying the pages the user has seen.

Function Description 
FindText

Searches for specified text; you can limit the search.

 
GetTextContaining

Returns the word or phrase in a particular match located by FindText; it can also return some context for the match.

 
PageFoundID

With FindText, finds the ID of the icon that contains a match.

 
PageFoundTitle

With FindText, finds the title of the icon that contains a match.

 
PageHistoryID

Returns the ID of the nth previously displayed page.

 
PageHistoryTitle

Returns the title of the nth previously displayed page.

 
PurgePageHistory

Erases the page history.

 
PageContaining

Returns the Icon ID of the specified page's parent.

 

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