1. MLE Text - Format
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Hello all,
If I have a sequence temp = {"hello world", "I love yous", "all"} and I
want to put all this into an MLE with each part of the sequence on a
separate line, how do I do it? Or should I not be using MLE?
I have tried the following flow
... program started etc. etc.
save to database >> temp[1] & "\n" & temp[2] & "\n" & temp[3] -- I
only want one sequence in the database
... program does other things etc. etc.
load data from database into temp
setText(MyMLE, temp)
but alas I just get black lines for the "\n" line feed. However this
works fine for the printer that's why I wonder if I should be using MLE
or something else.
BTW temp is a sequence stored in a database as shown above with the
linefeeds already imbedded.
Using win32 V58.5, WINXP
Thanks
Tony Steward
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2. Re: MLE Text - Format
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Hi Tony,
I noticed this exact problem just last week.
Use a RichEdit control instead of an MleText.
Pete
3. Re: MLE Text - Format
> but alas I just get black lines for the "\n" line feed. However this
> works fine for the printer that's why I wonder if I should be using MLE
> or something else.
>
Quite a simple fix! MLE text needs a CRLF to make a new line, not just an
LF. For those who don't know, '\r' is carriage-return (CR) and '\n' is
line-feed (LF). so rather than putting just '\n' after each line, put
"\r\n" and that will solve the problem.
I usually do this:
-- begin sample code --
global constant CRLF = "\r\n"
global procedure putLines( integer id, sequence lines )
-- writes a sequence of lines to an MLE text
sequence outText
outText = ""
for i = 1 to length(lines) do
outText &= lines[i] & CRLF
end for
setText( id, outText )
end procedure
global procedure addLines( integer id, sequence lines )
-- same as putLines() but appends, rather than overwrites
sequence outText
outText = getText( id ) & CRLF
for i = 1 to length(lines) do
outText &= lines[i] & CRLF
end for
setText( id, outText )
end procedure
-- end sample code --
