copy format of text to datagrid

[jalz]

Hi Guys,

I have a field I type text into. I can style, change text size and align it in the standard ways. Once I stop editing the field I press a button which then copies the text from that particular field into the equivalent field in my datagrid (form). The issue I have is when I copy the text from that field to the datagrid I lose all the formatting, thought the only way to do this was using htmltext as the option.

I use the following code,

the button I press to copy the text

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on mouseup
set the text of field "fld_line_description" of me to pDataArray["label 3"]
dispatch "AddData" to group "dg_data" with theDataA, tLineNo
end mouseup

datagrid form code which fills the field

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on FillInData pDataArray
set the htmltext of field "fld_line_description" of me to pDataArray["label 3"]
end FillInData

[Klaus]

Hi Jalz,

...
the button I press to copy the text

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on mouseup
  set the text of field "fld_line_description" of me to pDataArray["label 3"]
  dispatch "AddData" to group "dg_data" with theDataA, tLineNo
end mouseup

not sure I get it, but this script does not copy anything!?

Maybe you mean:

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on mouseup
  put the htmltext of field "fld_line_description" of me into pDataArray["label 3"]
  dispatch "AddData" to group "dg_data" with theDataA, tLineNo
end mouseup

?

And is tLineNo declared as local or globa?


Best

Klaus

[jalz]

Hi Klaus

Thanks for replying. Trying to get my head stuck back into LIvecode .

Yes you are absolutely right, it is htmltext I am using when I am storing it in a variable.

The datagrid fills in the data using the FillInData command.

set the text of field "fld_line_description" of me to pDataArray["label 3"]

I've been playing with the code, I've now got the datagrid field to display html tags (which includes the formatting). How do I get the field to display in 'normal' text?

Thanks
Jalz

[Klaus]

Hi jalz,

I've been playing with the code, I've now got the datagrid field to display html tags (which includes the formatting). How do I get the field to display in 'normal' text?

in that case just copy the text of your field:

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put the text of field "fld_line_description" of me into pDataArray["label 3"]
...

If you need an "ad hoc" conversion from HTMLTEXT to "normal" text I would use a little function like this:

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...
set the text of field "fld_line_description" of me to htmltext2text (pDataArray["label 3"])
...

function htmltext2text tHTMLTEXT
   set the htmltext of the templatefield to tHTMLTEXT
   put the text of the templatefield into tText
   reset the templatefield
   return tText
end htmltext2text

Tested and works!

Best

Klaus

[jalz]

Thanks Klaus

That worked

[Klaus]

Thanks Klaus

That worked

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