Import RTF text

-= JB =- sundown at nwrain.net
Mon Jun 4 23:19:15 EDT 2007


Thanks for taking the time to reply with this
valuable info.

-=>JB<=-

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On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:

> On 6/5/07, -= JB =- <sundown at nwrain.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     so to export and re-import text do not choose RTF because it
>>     might not work properly.  Does that mean if you already have
>>     a text file in RTF importing might not work properly on it.
>
>
> If you've created the RTF in Rev then export and then import should be
> fine.
>
>    It sounds like RTF is supported but can't be trusted because
>>     sometimes it might work and sometimes it might not.  So if
>>     you are dealing with text saved as RTF good luck.  Or did I
>>     miss something.
>
>
> It's in the Docs.
>
> --------
> Setting the RTFText of a field (or a chunk of a field) sets both the 
> text
> contents and the font, size, style, and color attributes corresponding 
> to
> the information in the RTFString. Any other formatting controls in the
> RTFstring are ignored.
>
> The RTFText property interprets the following RTF formatting controls:
> Colors:  \cf, \colortbl, \red, \green, \blue, \highlight
> Styles:  \plain, \b, \i, \ul, \ulnon, \strike, \dn, \up
> Font and character set:  \fcharset, \ansi, \mac, \pc, \pca, \u, 
> \fonttbl,
> \f, \fs
> Others:  \header, \par, \line, \tab
> --------
>
> If that cover's 99% of your situations, then great. If it only covers 
> 50% I
> guess you need another solution.
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