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by **irenem** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:19 pm

Hi,

I have a text_area field and I like to be able to format the content, so html or rtf seems to be the most convenient display type. But now I like to convert the formatted content to text for export reasons. Is there any way to do it?

by **ngervasi** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:34 pm

Try this, it should help:

Code: Select all: //Returns the escaped markup text (HTML/XML) var escapedText = utils.stringEscapeMarkup('<html><body>escape me</body></html>')

by **irenem** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:23 pm

Hi Nicola,

sorry it doesn't help. All what I get out is this:

"<html><body>escape me</body></html>"

What I would like to see is this

this sould be bold
and this maybe italic

by **Joas** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:34 pm

So you just want the plain text without formatting, right?

To get this, make sure your the htmlarea has a name and do:

Code: Select all: elements.myname.getAsPlainText();

by **irenem** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:40 pm

Hi Joas,

nop, I want the formatted text. Thats why I have an html area, so that the user can format the text and export it.

by **ngervasi** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:50 pm

irenem wrote:Hi Joas,

nop, I want the formatted text. Thats why I have an html area, so that the user can format the text and export it.

Ok, but export it in which format? The standard for formatted text is HTML or RTF so to which one do you want to convert it?

by **Joas** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:50 pm

Hmmm, I don't really get the problem then. If you want to keep the formatting, why can't you just use the html from the dataprovider?

by **irenem** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:07 pm

I use the wordplugin from it2b. If I replace the bookmark with the content of the html-area I get the whole code.

Code: Select all: <html> <head> </head> <body> Zandweg 69 B 3454 JW De Meern </body> </html>

What I want to see is this:

zandweg 69b
3454JW De Meern

by **Karel Broer** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:43 pm

if it's only to modify (some) text to bold, you can use plugins.it2be_word.toggleBold() for that with the Word plug.
I'dd say use the getAsPlainText() function and apply plugins.it2be_word.toggleBold() .

by **IT2Be** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:50 pm

Which version do you use?

If it is the IT2BE Word Plug-in for Servoy 4 Eclipse the by Karel suggested methods will not work due to new libraries.

by **irenem** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:07 am

Hi Marcel,

The version for Servoy 4 is the version I use. Is there any other way to do this? Or will it be possible in the future?

by **IT2Be** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:33 am

See my reply on our forum irene: http://www.it2be.com/index.php/forum?ta ... 1433#p1433

I see several ways to solve this, depending on what you need to do.

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