You could also load it into an invisible richTExt
component and use the it's properties.. (hey, it IS
called RAD you know :-).
DJS
--- "Glenn B. Lawler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > does anyone know an algorithm for extracting the
> display text from a RTF
> > formatted text? I want to search in a database
> blob field containing the
> > RTF memo entered by the user. To deliver correct
> results I need to search
> > only the display text and exclude the format
> strings.
>
> Load an RTF document into a standard text editor,
> like Notepad and take a
> look. Generally, RTF uses { and } in the same way
> that HTML uses < and >.
> There are escape sequences used in RTF to represent
> reserved characters,
> just as HTML uses > < and other "named
> entities". All you need to do
> to translate to plain text is read the RTF stream
> one character at a time,
> keep track of the state you are in, skip the RTF
> control strings and output
> everything that is not a control string after
> unescaping the control
> sequences.
>
> An easy way to test your algorithm is to create a
> test document containing
> all the ASCII characters in Word, save as an RTF,
> then convert to text with
> your program. If it does not match, you will be able
> to isolate the character
> which caused your algorithm to fall of the tracks.
>
> Glenn Lawler
>
>
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