mixing RTF_AREA and TEXT_FIELD in a text calc

Classic Servoy
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I have a field that is formatted as RTF_AREA, and another as TEXT_FIELD. Let’s call them letter_text and marker, respectively.

I want to show a concatenated version in a list:
textcalc = marker + ’ | ’ + letter_text
… but since letter_text is rtf, marker is ignored.

Is there a way to strip the letter_text field of rtf tags (i.e. make it a plain text field) so that it can be concatenated with its plain text buddy, marker? I couln’t find a removeTags function, nor could I find such a thing as a plugin feature.

Of course, I can just show two fields, but that’s not as fun! Actually, it would be a waste of screen real estate, too, as the marker field data is only occasionally there, and could be of variable length.

Thanks,

Jim

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elements.fieldname.getAsPlainText

:)

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Hi Jim,

Check out this earlier post:

utils.stringReplace puzzle - Classic Servoy - Servoy Community

I am sure that it will help you out

Cheers
Harry

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Thanks, guys. I’ll try that getAsPlainText function. As someone earlier had discovered, it only shows up in respect to RTF or HTML fields. Makes sense.

Jim