*HTML_TO_PLAIN Function

Syntax

Text as C = *HTML_TO_PLAIN(C text)

Arguments

Text: Unencoded ASCII text.
text: Encoded HTML text.

Description

Convert from html to plain text.

Discussion

The *HTML_TO_PLAIN() function converts HTML text to its equivalent un-encoded ASCII text.

Example

dim html_text as C
dim plain_text as C
html_text = file.to_string("c:\rtf_test.htm")
html_text = extract_string(html_text, "< body", "< /body>")
html_text = right(html_text, len(html_text)-1)
? html_text
=
George
lived on top of a mountain.
plain_text = *html_to_plain(html_text)
? plain_text
= "George lived on top of a mountain. "