Rtr-formatted text question

[Ken Ray]

Duane,

Sorry, I didn't know you wanted a chunk. You can do the same thing, just
include the chunk in your expression, like:

  set the htmlText of fld 2 to the htmlText of word 4 to 7 of fld 1

Let me know if this works or not...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Duane Poncy
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:52 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Rtr-formatted text question
> 
> 
> Ken, I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't do what I need it to do. 
> It moved all of the text from field1 to field2.  Selecting a chunk of 
> the field doesn't work either. What I need to do is move a chunk of a 
> single line of selected text from the field with the 
> formatting intact. 
>  
> 
> Can this be done???
> 
> Thank you.
> Duane Poncy
> 
> Original Message:
> > From: "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com>
> > To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> > Subject: RE: Rtf - formatted text question
> > Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:06:04 -0500
> > Organization: Sons of Thunder Software
> > Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> > 
> > Duane,
> > 
> > Do you have to use RTF? The reason I ask is that the 
> HTMLText manages 
> > styles a lot better than RTF, and even if you use RTF for 
> your import, 
> > I'd use HTMLText to move styled data from one field to another:
> > 
> >   set the htmlText of fld 2 to the htmlText of fld 1
> > 
> > As to why semicolons are stripped in RTF import... I don't 
> know. Any 
> > chance you could use some other delimiter?
> > 
> > Ken Ray
> > Sons of Thunder Software
> > Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> > 
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com
> >>  [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> >>  Duane Poncy
> >>  Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:27 AM
> >>  To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> >>  Subject: Rtf - formatted text question
> >>  
> >>  
> >>  Hello, I hope somebody can help out a newbie.
> >>  
> >>  I am programming an English>Cherokee>English dictionary. 
> Because I 
> >> am
> >>  very poor, I have to use the free edition of Revolution, so 
> >>  my code has 
> >>  to be tight.  Here is my problem:  I need to use 
> character formatting 
> >>  in my definition field, but I can't figure out how to do that. 
> >>  
> >>  My stack script:
> >>  
> >>  on preOpen
> >>    set the rtfText of field "tsalagiData" to URL
> >>  "file:TsalagitoEnglishTest.rtf"
> >>    set itemDelimiter to tab
> >>    repeat for each line thisLine in field "TsalagiData"
> >>      put item 1 of thisLine & linefeed after field "wordlist"   
> >>    end repeat
> >>  end preOpen
> >>  
> >>  --this puts my tab delimited rtf file into an invisible field
> >>  "tsalagiData", then puts the first chunk (the english 
> word) into the 
> >>  field "wordlist".  This works fine, except that importing the 
> >>  rtf file, 
> >>  for some reason, strips out all of my semicolons, which I 
> need for 
> >>  formatting (see below).
> >>  
> >>  My script for the field "wordlist":
> >>  
> >>  on mouseDown
> >>    put the selectedText of field "wordlist" into field 
> "EnglishWord"
> >>    put word 2 of clickLine() into listLine
> >>    select line listLine of field "TsalagiData"
> >>    set itemDelimiter to tab
> >>    put item 2 of the selectedText of field "TsalagiData" into field
> >>  "TsalagiDefine"
> >>    replace ";" with return in field "TsalagiDefine"
> >>  end mouseDown
> >>  
> >>  This also works fine, except when (Item 2) is put in the field
> >>  "TsalagiDefine" the character formatting is gone. (Item 1, 
> >>  used above, 
> >>  doesn't need formatting.)
> >>  
> >>  Is there any way to move rtf text from one field to another
> >>  and retain 
> >>  the formatting?
> >>  Why are my semicolons stripped when I import my rtf file?
> >>  
> >>  Thanks.
> >>  
> >>  
> >>  Duane Poncy
> 
> 
> Duane Poncy
> 
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> 
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