1. Win32LIb v.50c: RichText control and 'cut'
Well what I stated before about cut and RichText is only true if there is
only one line in the RichText control. With multiple lines, after 'cut' the
getStream pulls everything.
getRichText() however, WILL get all the data after the 'cut' portion even if
only 1 line of data. But how do I tell getRichText to retrieve the entire
contents of the RichText? I tested by this getRichText(RT,{1,10}) where my
'cut' portion was before column 10. Using i=length(RT) gives me the dreaded
'exceeds 300 statements......'. If I pick a number larger than the actual
text it also fails. The user doesn't select text so I can't go that route.
Even if the user did, I can't get the getRichText option to work with an
atom which I understand says to get the highlighted text. I'm doing
something wrong, but don't know what. Can anyone supply me a sample of the
getRichText with an atom? I tried getRichText(RT,1), getRichText(RT,{1}) and
even getRichText(RT,num) and getRichText(RT{num}) but all fail.
Thanks,
Judith
2. Re: Win32LIb v.50c: RichText control and 'cut'
Hi Judith,
did you read the win32lib (v0.52) documentation?
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getRichText( id, range )
Get text from a /RichEdit control
Returns Text in the given range.
If "range" is an atom, any selected text is returned. However
if there is no selected text and "range" is -1 then all the text is
returned.
If "range" is a sequence, "range" should be a 2-element sequence with the
first element the starting index to be retrieved, and the
second element the last index.
To always retrieve all the text in the control, set the range to {0, 0}.
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eg.
sequence theText
theText = getRichText(myeditor, -1)
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cheers
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Evans" <camping at FLASH.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:15 AM
Subject: Win32LIb v.50c: RichText control and 'cut'
> Well what I stated before about cut and RichText is only true if there is
> only one line in the RichText control. With multiple lines, after 'cut'
the
> getStream pulls everything.
>
> getRichText() however, WILL get all the data after the 'cut' portion even
if
> only 1 line of data. But how do I tell getRichText to retrieve the entire
> contents of the RichText? I tested by this getRichText(RT,{1,10}) where my
> 'cut' portion was before column 10. Using i=length(RT) gives me the
dreaded
> 'exceeds 300 statements......'. If I pick a number larger than the actual
> text it also fails. The user doesn't select text so I can't go that route.
> Even if the user did, I can't get the getRichText option to work with an
> atom which I understand says to get the highlighted text. I'm doing
> something wrong, but don't know what. Can anyone supply me a sample of the
> getRichText with an atom? I tried getRichText(RT,1), getRichText(RT,{1})
and
> even getRichText(RT,num) and getRichText(RT{num}) but all fail.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Judith
3. Re: Win32LIb v.50c: RichText control and 'cut'
Hi, Derek,
Well, no, I hadn't looked at version 52 documentation because I had not
downloaded past v51. But I did look at it v.53 a few minutes ago, and walla,
a lot of my questions are answered.
However, now my stumpling block is coloration of text. I had assumed I would
pass something like putStream(RT,SreamRTF,"Red{this is some text}Blue{this
is some more text}") but it appears not. Can you, or Matt, give me some
clue?
Thanks,
Judith
