No apologies needed, Jan. No harm done. I had not for a long while been able to understand -- though I admit to not having spent a huge amount of time investigating either -- why RR or someone doesn't incorporate an external that would give us a fully formattable text object. There are a lot of such engines lying around. I can edit rich text in an HTML page, for Heaven's sake! Why can't I get that in a full-blown standalone app development tool?
Turns out, as far as I can understand it, that the text engine in RunRev is so deeply interconnected at a fundamental level that any attempt to replace it or modify it is a HUGE undertaking. So I concluded that if rich text formatting of content is important to an app I'm being asked to create, I have two alternatives: (1)use RunRev but do the text formatting using HTML and output the reports/results in HTML for viewing in a browser (including, of course, altBrowser which can be embedded fairly neatly into the app directly); or (2) pick a different tool that has the built-in text editing incorporated. Python, which is my other favorite language, has numerous libraries in support of formatted, rich and other text options, e.g. Another reason why having only one tool in your toolbox isn't a great idea for a serious developer. Python lacks chunking but Transcript lacks rich text control. On 8/11/06, Jan Sælid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dan- I'm really sorry to let this out. I didn't know that is was under non-disclosure. Well, actually, if I had used my mind, buy I guess the news made me no think and only hope for a solution. At least I know I'm not the only one with this problem. That always help a little. I have wished for this feature since 2003, even started a "campaign" to make people vote for it on bugzilla. But I decided to start building my project anyway, and it's a very big project. I just got an answer from revolution that I should not wait for this feature but do what I need to do... The only rad platform that have this feature is realbasic. But I've tried it several times, and I really don't like it. I grown into rev. I guess I have to take a leap of faith. Because I've done so much work already. Thanks for the answer. Dan wrote: >But I feel your pain. Lack of rich text formatting has forced me onto another dev platform for one big project >and is threatening to do so for another. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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