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..
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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.
>>
>>
>

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