reading and converting web page HTML text

[J. Landman Gay]

Mark Stuart wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Richard - the html entity that didn't "convert" was the quot, starting with
> & and ending with semi-colon ;

The htmltext can only be applied to fields; it won't work in variables. 
So you need to do what Richard suggested -- he's using the templateField 
(which is a sort of artificial temporary construct) but you can use a 
real field directly. For example, assuming a variable that contains your 
html:

   set the htmlText of fld 1 to myWebText

For the most part I've had very good luck with htmlText, and it is much 
easier to let the engine do the work.

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