Is there an easy way to format an RTF file in code?

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I am trying to have a method output an RTF file with simple formatting (italic, bold and so on). I know how to do this in HTML, but RTF seems quite hard to code. Is there an easy way to do that in Servoy?

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Hi rioba

I’m doing my own plugins to make rtf reports with itext & rtf.
It’s very symple and powerful.

Best regards. Roberto Blasco.

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Are you going to comercialize those plugins?

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Hi jasantana

The plugin will be for free when finished. I want to add more features :-)

Best regards. Roberto Blasco.

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Hi Roberto!
You know you are welcome on ServoyForge, don’t you? :)

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I ptalbot.

Let me write some more code and I will publish it in ServoyForge :D

Best regards. Roberto Blasco.

PS
I’ve still to finish the pdf digital signature plugin … :oops:

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You know you don’t have to polish your code to a beautifully finite state (if there is such a thing!).
You can also have others contribute/help if you publish early.

Adopt the Agile mantra: release early, realease often…

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Ok, I’m going to prepare the code to publish it :-)

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Hi Roberto,

very good news. I am looking forward to your plugin. I am sure it will be much appreciated by everybody. Unfortunately I won’t be able to contribute code (java is not my cup of tea).

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Roberto Blasco:
Ok, I’m going to prepare the code to publish it :-)

Hi Roberto,

any news about your rtf-plugin?

I’m looking for an easy way to format plain text to rtf for reports.

Regards,

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Hi tgs.

I’m still working in the plugin to generate rtf reports from easy xml templates + xml data.

As soon as I can, I’ll post the link in this forum. :D

Anyway, here you are a piece of code to generate a simple rtf doc from java in a few lines (I’m using iText to create the plugin)

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.Anchor;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.html.HtmlWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.rtf.RtfWriter2;

public class HelloMultipleWorld {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

  System.out.println("Hello World in PDF, RTF and HTML");

  
  Document document = new Document();
  try {
  
  PdfWriter pdf = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
  new FileOutputStream("differentWritersdPdf.pdf"));
  RtfWriter2 rtf = RtfWriter2.getInstance(document,
  new FileOutputStream("differentWritersRtf.rtf"));
  HtmlWriter html = HtmlWriter.getInstance(document,
  new FileOutputStream("differentWritersdHtml.html"));

  
  document.open();
  
  document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
  
  Anchor pdfRef = new Anchor("see Hello World in PDF.");
  pdfRef.setReference("./HelloWorldPdf.pdf");
  Anchor rtfRef = new Anchor("see Hello World in RTF.");
  rtfRef.setReference("./HelloWorldRtf.rtf");
  
  
  
  pdf.pause();
  rtf.pause();
  document.add(pdfRef);
  document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE);
  document.add(rtfRef);
  pdf.resume();
  rtf.resume();
  
  } catch (DocumentException de) {
  System.err.println(de.getMessage());
  } catch (IOException ioe) {
  System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
  }

  
  document.close();
  }
}

Best regards. Roberto Blasco.