Import RTF text

[-= JB =-]

Thank you Jacqueline.

-=>JB<=-


On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:18 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> -= JB =- 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.
>>    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.
>
> I've always found it very reliable, but it can only work with the 
> attributes that Rev fields support. For example, if you don't have the 
> right font installed, you'll get a substitution instead. Rev fields 
> only support one alignment overall, there is no paragraph-level 
> formatting. That means text can be right, left, or center aligned, but 
> the alignment will be the same for the whole field. Text styling 
> transfers over very well as long as it's one of the text styles that 
> Rev fields support (see the text style menu for those; all the common 
> ones are supported.) Tabs work fine.
>
> If you grab the trial version of Revolution, it's pretty easy to do a 
> test so you can see how it works. Make a stack with a field and a 
> button. Double-click the field with the editing tool to get the 
> field's inspector and turn off fixed line height (otherwise lines with 
> large font sizes can get mangled.)
>
> Then set the button's script to this:
>
> on mouseUp
>  answer file "Choose an RTF file:"
>  if it is empty then exit mouseUp
>  set the rtfText of fld 1 to url ("file:"&it)
> end mouseUp
>
> Apply the script and close the editor. Now click the button, choose a 
> sample RTF file from disk, and see what you get in the field.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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