Exporting coloured text to HTML and RTF from 8.1.4

[Tore Nilsen]

Your script works here.

Regards
Tore

> 2. jul. 2017 kl. 17:51 skrev Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> EXPORT button:
> 
> onmouseUp
> 
> askfile "Choose where you wish to export your text"
> 
> iftheresult= "cancel"
> 
> thenexitmouseUp
> 
> else
> 
> puttheRTFtextoffld "fRESULT" intourl("file:" & it & ".rtf")
> 
> getthelongFilePathofit
> 
> settheitemDelimitertoslash
> 
> setthedefaultFoldertoitem 1 to-2 ofthelongFilePathofit
> 
> endif
> 
> endmouseUp
> 
> *
> **Rich**mond.*
> 
> 
> On 7/2/17 6:24 pm, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote:
>> How are you trying to export the text? Works alright here with Indy 8.1.4 and MacOS 10.13.
>> Sample script that works for me:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>> 
>>   ask file "Give your file a name:”
>> 
>>   put "file:" & it into tURL
>> 
>>   if char - 1 to -4 of tURL <> ".rtf" then
>> 
>>     put ".rtf" after tURL
>> 
>>   end if
>> 
>>   put rtfText of field 1 into url tURL
>> 
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Tore Nilsen
>> 
>>> 2. jul. 2017 kl. 16:37 skrev Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> I like blue cheese . . .
>>> 
>>> But I don't like what happens when I try to export coloured text from
>>> a field in LC 8.1.4 as the _colours_ are NOT exported.
>>> 
>>> This is ODD as a while back the colours were exporting . . . .
>>> 
>>> Mac OS 10.7.8,  LC 8.1.4 Indy.
>>> 
>>> Richmond.
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