Duane, Sorry, I didn't know you wanted a chunk. You can do the same thing, just include the chunk in your expression, like:
set the htmlText of fld 2 to the htmlText of word 4 to 7 of fld 1 Let me know if this works or not... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Duane Poncy > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Rtr-formatted text question > > > Ken, I tried your suggestion, but it doesn't do what I need it to do. > It moved all of the text from field1 to field2. Selecting a chunk of > the field doesn't work either. What I need to do is move a chunk of a > single line of selected text from the field with the > formatting intact. > > > Can this be done??? > > Thank you. > Duane Poncy > > Original Message: > > From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Rtf - formatted text question > > Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:06:04 -0500 > > Organization: Sons of Thunder Software > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Duane, > > > > Do you have to use RTF? The reason I ask is that the > HTMLText manages > > styles a lot better than RTF, and even if you use RTF for > your import, > > I'd use HTMLText to move styled data from one field to another: > > > > set the htmlText of fld 2 to the htmlText of fld 1 > > > > As to why semicolons are stripped in RTF import... I don't > know. Any > > chance you could use some other delimiter? > > > > Ken Ray > > Sons of Thunder Software > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >> Duane Poncy > >> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:27 AM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Rtf - formatted text question > >> > >> > >> Hello, I hope somebody can help out a newbie. > >> > >> I am programming an English>Cherokee>English dictionary. > Because I > >> am > >> very poor, I have to use the free edition of Revolution, so > >> my code has > >> to be tight. Here is my problem: I need to use > character formatting > >> in my definition field, but I can't figure out how to do that. > >> > >> My stack script: > >> > >> on preOpen > >> set the rtfText of field "tsalagiData" to URL > >> "file:TsalagitoEnglishTest.rtf" > >> set itemDelimiter to tab > >> repeat for each line thisLine in field "TsalagiData" > >> put item 1 of thisLine & linefeed after field "wordlist" > >> end repeat > >> end preOpen > >> > >> --this puts my tab delimited rtf file into an invisible field > >> "tsalagiData", then puts the first chunk (the english > word) into the > >> field "wordlist". This works fine, except that importing the > >> rtf file, > >> for some reason, strips out all of my semicolons, which I > need for > >> formatting (see below). > >> > >> My script for the field "wordlist": > >> > >> on mouseDown > >> put the selectedText of field "wordlist" into field > "EnglishWord" > >> put word 2 of clickLine() into listLine > >> select line listLine of field "TsalagiData" > >> set itemDelimiter to tab > >> put item 2 of the selectedText of field "TsalagiData" into field > >> "TsalagiDefine" > >> replace ";" with return in field "TsalagiDefine" > >> end mouseDown > >> > >> This also works fine, except when (Item 2) is put in the field > >> "TsalagiDefine" the character formatting is gone. (Item 1, > >> used above, > >> doesn't need formatting.) > >> > >> Is there any way to move rtf text from one field to another > >> and retain > >> the formatting? > >> Why are my semicolons stripped when I import my rtf file? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> Duane Poncy > > > Duane Poncy > > visit Elohi Gadugi: poetry, software, > Cherokee culture and Native American rights. > http://dsaoregon.igc.org/tsalagi/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. > On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. - Arundhati Roy > --------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
