BTW I wrote something very similar a while back you might like to look at: Example: http://www.electricsheep.co.nz/toolbox/expandacronyms.cfm Download: http://www.electricsheep.co.nz/udfs/CFMXStringLib.cfm
Matt. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of William H Bowen > Sent: Friday, 1 August 2003 10:03 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] creating a cfc to format text > > ah-haaa! > > sometimes it just takes some outside perspective. > > Thanks, > > will > > ---- > > William H Bowen > Marketing Communications Manager > ALSTOM EAI Corporation > > > > Matt Liotta wrote: > > > You could create a boolean for each product name that is set to true > > the first time it is found. Then you only had the TM or R when the > > boolean for the respective product is false. > > > > -Matt > > > > On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 05:44 PM, William H Bowen wrote: > > > >> well, in the infinite wisdom of Senior MarComm managers I have been > >> assigned the following tasks: > >> > >> "write code that automatically highlights (with bold/italic > >> formatting) all of our product names" > >> > >> easy enough sez I, so I modified a UDF I found at cflib.org, no > >> problems... > >> > >> now, sez they, "add an ™ or ® depending on product line." > >> > >> again, easy enough. Transfered it all to cfc on our external site, > >> works like a charm. > >> > >> now here comes the tricky part... > >> > >> sez they, "bold/italic or bold by product line, ™ and ® > >> only on the first instance of a product in body copy; > >> > >> so: > >> > >> <body copy start> > >> 1st instance <b>e-terra</b><i>assetmanager</i>(tm) > >> 2nd instance <b>e-terra</b><i>assetmanager</i> -- no (tm) > >> 1st instance <b>e-terra</b><i>marketmanager</i>(tm) > >> 1st instance <b>BiTRONICS</b>(r) > >> 2nd instance <b>BiTRONICS</b> -- no (r) > >> > >> and so on..." > >> > >> Is this possible? If so, how? do I need to check for the first > >> instance of each productname? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> will > >> > >> ---- > >> > >> William H Bowen > >> Marketing Communications Manager > >> ALSTOM EAI Corporation > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------- > >> You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the > >> message of the email. > >> > >> CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > >> by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the > > message of the email. > > > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > > > -- > > will > > ---- > > William H Bowen > Marketing Communications Manager > ALSTOM EAI Corporation > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com).
