Hi, I just tried a RTF file created by RB and load it back .. I get NO crash or Nil.. but the text was not styled.. ---
And the example that i get Nil.. the style in the file was "black" and a standard font.. no more.. and the word was "hello" Sven E On 2007-04-03, at 19:00, Dirk Cleenwerck wrote: > From what I understood, the RTF Import feature only supports the > features of the StyledText Class. > [New] [All] StyledText: A new read/write property "RTFData as String" > which allows cross-platform RTF generation and parsing. > The > parser only supports features found in the StyledText > class. > (Feedback ID: ggtkegot) > > So what I think is happening is that when you use a StyledText > Field and > export that to RTF, you should not have any problems loading the RTF > file back into the StyledText field. What will most likely not work is > loading a random RTF File. For that you need a full RTF parser, and > from > what I gather from the release notes, this is not a full parser, > but a > subset. If anyone has ever looked at the full specs for RTF, it is > easy > to understand why Real started with a subset. Maybe they'll expand > on it > in the future. The full specs for RTF can be found at > <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140277(office.10).aspx> > (or > at > <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DD422B8D- > FF06-4207-B476-6B5396A18A2B&displaylang=en> > for the Word 2007 RTF specs). And yes Microsoft regularly changes the > specs, so it's a moving target. > > Dirk Cleenwerck > Chief programmer > Useitgroup NV > > Brendan Murphy schreef: >> I would like warn those who are intending to use the new RTF >> import feature in the StyledText object to be careful. Their RTF >> parser is not robust and will crash and burn given the right input >> (see feedback report "xfqdvyyl"). If you intend to import RTF data >> from arbitrary sources such as other word processors, there is a >> significant probability that it may crash your application. If >> can't control the source of the input RTF, then you are rolling >> the dice. So buyer beware. >> >> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
