i did the actual string manipulation outside FDO and then saved it again, rather than as an expression which gets run every time.
if that didn't work, maybe try double quotes? z On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:34 AM, GordonL <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Zac, > where you replaced the linefeeds, did you do something like this? > > Translate(MYFIELD, chr(12), '\n') > > Do you know how to pass ASCII in the Expression for the tool tip? > > thanks > gordon > > > > zspitzer wrote: >> >> that's really terribly explained, when I first saw "from-characterset" >> with translate, I thought it was >> something to do with code pages! >> >> Translate( <text property >, <from-characterset >, <to-characterset >) >> >> Would make more sense to humans as >> >> Translate( <text property >, <from-string>, <to-string>) >> >> I would like to see a fourth parameter, <repeat> 1 being the default, >> 0 all or x number of times >> >> z >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Zac Spitzer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> ah, yep, strange name, that's why I missed it... >>> >>> turns out there's a bit more logic required to split a name nicely >>> >>> z >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Jackie C. Ng <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> FDO has the expression function Translate( <text property >, >>>> <from-characterset >, <to-characterset > ) >>>> >>>> Is this available in mapguide? >>>> >>>> - Jackie >>>> >>>> >>>> zspitzer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is there an expression with mapguide which can be used to do a replace >>>>> all? >>>>> >>>>> I want to replace all newlines in a label with '\n' to split the words >>>>> over multiple lines >>>>> >>>>> I couldn't see anything in studio >>>>> >>>>> z >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Zac Spitzer - >>>>> http://zacster.blogspot.com (My Blog) >>>>> +61 405 847 168 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> mapguide-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> http://themapguyde.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackieng >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://www.nabble.com/Label-Expressions---replaceall-tp18748700p18752597.html >>>> Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mapguide-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Zac Spitzer - >>> http://zacster.blogspot.com (My Blog) >>> +61 405 847 168 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Zac Spitzer - >> http://zacster.blogspot.com (My Blog) >> +61 405 847 168 >> _______________________________________________ >> mapguide-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Label-Expressions-replaceall-tp1817399p3993541.html > Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > -- Zac Spitzer Solution Architect / Director Ennoble Consultancy Australia http://www.ennoble.com.au http://zacster.blogspot.com +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
