Hmm. Give me a while. I think I know how to fix it, but should probably be
doing work for my own job right now. :-)
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:26 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: Re: highlight UDF
:
:
: 5.0....no nifty MX stuff.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:17 PM
: Subject: RE: highlight UDF
:
:
: > What version of CF?
: >
: > I might be able to come up with a better way using lookahead...
: >
: >
: > -- Ben Doom
: > Programmer & General Lackey
: > Moonbow Software, Inc
: >
: > : -----Original Message-----
: > : From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > : Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:43 PM
: > : To: CF-Community
: > : Subject: highlight UDF
: > :
: > :
: > : Hey folks,
: > : I suck at regex, which is why I helped sponsor that little tool that
: Mike
: > : found, but I'm still having trouble figuring this out. And,
: since it was
: > : originally written by Raymond, I thought I'd throw this out here.
: > :
: > : There's this UDF, which we already modified once to use a span
: > : class instead
: > : of just a simple background color, that highlights a search term. But,
: if
: > : the search term happens to contain the letters inside the span, like
: say,
: > : for instance, if someone searchs for "pan", the UDF
: overwrites the span
: > : text. I'm sure there's a way to write the regex to look for the
: > : search term
: > : except when it's in this "<span class="hlt">anythinghere</span>"
: > : but I don't
: > : know how to do it. Here's the UDF:
: > : <cfscript>
: > : /**
: > : * Applies a simple highlight to a word in a string.
: > : *
: > : * @param string The string to format.
: > : * @param word The word to highlight.
: > : * @param front This is the HTML that will be placed in front of the
: > : highlighted match. It defaults to <span style=
: > : * @param back This is the HTML that will be placed at the
: end of the
: > : highlighted match. Defaults to </span>
: > : * @param matchCase If true, the highlight will only match when the
: case
: > : is the same. Defaults to false.
: > : * @author Raymond Camden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
: > : * @version 1, July 30, 2001
: > : */
: > : function highLight(str, wordList) {
: > :
: > :
: > : /**
: > : * Modification by Kevin Graeme
: > : * Added a class descriptor called "hlt" to the global css styles,
: > : * and changed the span style from a direct style to a called class.
: > : * This resolves a Netscape 4.x CSS implementation problem.
: > : */
: > : /* var front = "<span style=""background-color: yellow;"">"; */
: > : var front = "<span class=""hlt"">";
: > : var back = "</span>";
: > : var matchCase = false;
: > :
: > : //check for empty word list, this is the base condition for the
: recursion
: > : if(ListLen(wordList) Lt 1)
: > : return str;
: > : else
: > : word = ListFirst(wordList);
: > :
: > : if(ArrayLen(arguments) GTE 3) front = arguments[3];
: > : if(ArrayLen(arguments) GTE 4) back = arguments[4];
: > : if(ArrayLen(arguments) GTE 5) matchCase = arguments[5];
: > :
: > :
: > : if(Not matchCase)
: > : CurTxt = REReplaceNoCase(str,"(#word#)","#front#\1#back#","ALL");
: > : else
: > : CurTxt = REReplace(str,"(#word#)","#front#\1#back#","ALL");
: > :
: > : return Highlight(CurTxt, ListRest(wordList), front, back, matchCase);
: > :
: > : }
: > :
: > : </cfscript>
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > : ---------------------------------------------------------
: > : Deanna Schneider
: > : UWEX-Cooperative Extension
: > : Interactive Media Developer
: > :
: > :
: >
:
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