rtf Txt

[Klaus Major]

Hi Yves, Frank and Richard,

> Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
>> create a field (it can be hidden), here I call it "xform":
>> set the rtfText of field "xform" to txvariable
>> put field "xform" into txvariable
>> Note that this will cause you to lose all formatting.
>> You can simplify it somewhat as follows:
>> set the rtfText of field "xform" to URL ("File:"&pathtoRtfText)
>> put field "xform" into txvariable
>
> Tip:  If the field you're using for converting text is on a card that 
> isn't open you'll get a performance boost of about 80% for that 
> operation.

or simply let the system do the work via the clipboard :-)

...
put URL ("File:"&pathtoRtfText) into txvariable
set the clipboarddata["rtf"] to txvariable
put the clipboarddata["text"] into txvariable
...

:-)

>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
>  ___________________________________________________________
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Best from sunny germany

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de