Rtr-formatted text question

[Ken Ray]

Duane

The problem is your last "replace" line; if you don't include it, the
formatting is preserved. I'd suggest doing it in three steps - also note
that since we're working with HTML, we can't use "return"; we have to
use "<BR>" instead:

  put the htmlText of item 2 of line tListLine of field "TsalagiData"
into temp
  replace ";" with "<BR>" in temp
  set the htmlText of fld "TslagiDefine" to temp

Works here; hope it works for you,

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 11:03 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: RE: Rtr-formatted text question
> 
> 
> Ken, 
> This is the script I wrote. Everything performs the way it should, 
> except for the formatting is lost. It seems like it should work???
> 
> on mouseDown
>   put the selectedText of field "wordlist" into field "EnglishWord"
>   put word 2 of clickLine() into listLine
>   set itemDelimiter to tab
>   set the htmlText of field "TsalagiDefine" to the htmlText of item 2 
> of line listLine of field "TsalagiData"
>   replace ";" with return in field "TsalagiDefine"
> end mouseDown
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> > From: "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com>
> > To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> > Subject: RE: Rtr-formatted text question
> > Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:19:28 -0500
> > Organization: Sons of Thunder Software
> > Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> > 
> > 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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