Create HTML file from rev app

[Jim Ault]

In HTML,
these two chars work the same

     "    '     dbl single
if you start a string with a single quote, it continues until the next  
single quote
if you start a string with a dbl quote, it continues until the next  
dbl quote
  so  var = 'a phrase containing a " char is kept intact'
          without escaping or the  "  entity

so use the double quote for Rev and the single quote for HTML code

-A-  Without using merge() function
get empty
get IT & "<a href='http://" & fld link && "target='_blank' > & fld  
link & "</a>"
get IT & "<br/></br/>"
put IT after tData

---- the output is valid code and a clickable link
<a href='http://google.com' target='_blank' >google.com</a><br/><br/>

-B-  using the merge function
put merge( \
       "<a href='http://[[fld link]]' target='_blank' >[[fld link]]</ 
a><br/><br/> " \
       ) after tData

---- the output is valid code and a clickable link
<a href='http://google.com' target='_blank' >google.com</a><br/><br/>


Jim Ault
Las Vegas

>
On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:44 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> William de Smet wrote:
>
>> It's been a while since my last question but working hard on some  
>> apps.
>> For my daily job I needed a quick app to create a HTML file. In the
>> app I have some fields and in one of them I put a URL (just
>> www.domainname.com).
>> In some hidden fields I put the needed HTML and the all come together
>> when I save the file.
>> All works fine but when I look at the sourcecode in IE8 or Safari the
>> HTML isn't completely correct.
>> In a link it misses the quotes (") at the beginning or the end of  
>> the URL.
>>
>> What I do is this:
>> put  "<a href="& "http://"  & fld "link" & "  & target="& _blank &"  
>> >"
>> & fld "link" &"</a>" &  "<"&"br/"&">"  &  "<"&"br/"&">" after tData
>
> You've discovered why I hate concatenating HTML in xTalks. ;)
>
> I've found it far less tedious to just write the HMTL as I want it  
> in the final output and use the merge function to assemble the  
> dynamic parts.
>
> For example, you could have this in a field named "template":
>
> <a href="http://[[fld "link"]]" target="_blank ">[[fld "link"]]</ 
> a><br/><br/>
>
> ...and then just use this to get the assembled output:
>
> put merge(fld "template") into tData
>
> Check out the merge function in the RevTalk dictionary.  It's a life- 
> saver for tasks like this (and a good many others).
>
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