Working with RTF Data
Description
Using Xbasic, you can manipulate data in variables and in RTF memo fields. In order to manipulate a RTF memo field, you need to create a temporary RTF object, manipulate its contents, and then put the contents of the temporary RTF object back into the RTF memo field. The RTF.CREATE() method is used to create a RTF object. Refer to RTF Functions and Methods for more information.
The following example shows how you can add text to a RTF memo field.
t = table.open("customer") 'Get a pointer to the RTF memo field f = t.field_get("notes") 'Create an RTF object, that is initially a NULL value r = rtf.create("")
Get the binary data that is currently in the Notes field and assign it to the binary_text property of the rtf object. The RTF object now contains the same value as the memo field.
r.Binary_Text = f.value_get() 'Set the font (name and point size) and color for next 'insertion into the RTF object r.set_font("courier,15","blue")
Insert a CR-LF, and then the text "Xbasic Example" into the RTF object. The position argument is set to 0 to indicate that the insertion is after the existing text in the RTF object.
r.insert(crlf()+ "Xbasic example",0) 'Now change the font for the next insertion" r.set_font("arial,10","black") r.insert(crlf()+ "Alpha Software" + crlf(), 0) 'Put the table into change mode t.change_begin() 'Put the value in the rtf object's "binary_text" property into the RTF memo field. f.value_put(r.Binary_Text) 'Save the changes t.change_end(.T.) 'Close the table t.close()
The following example shows how you can import text that is saved in a RTF format file into a RTF memo field. Assume that this script is attached to a button on a form and that the RTF memo field is called rtfmemo. First, get a pointer to the object on the form that contains the rtfmemo.
obj = obj("rtfmemo") 'register the rtf clipboard type clip_type = ClipBoard.Register_Type("Rich Text Format") fn = "c:\mydata\rtfdata.rtf" 'put the rtf data onto the clipboard 'the file.to_blob() method reads the file containing 'the rtf data into a blob variable. ClipBoard.Set_Data(file.to_blob(fn),clip_type) 'obj.rtf is a pointer to the rtf object on the form. obj.rtf.paste() 'now reset the clipboard to NULL ClipBoard.Set_Data("",clip_type)
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