[FX.php List] Creating formatting from FX

Tue Aug 21 00:49:13 MDT 2007

Formatting of the text can always be done using CSS AFAIK

However it sounds like you also include parsing; such as strstr() in
your term formatting...

ggt667

On 8/21/07, Glenn Singleton <glenn at fmutils.com> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Within FMP you could achieve this (I think) by exporting your data to
> a local html file (that already had a style sheet specified) and then
> viewing that file in Filemaker using the Web Viewer.
>
> Am I right ? Never tried this with a CSS but I think should work.
>
>
> Regards
> Glenn Singleton
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>
>
>
> On 20/08/2007, at 5:26 PM, Steve Winter wrote:
>
> > Really...?? I can use CSS to style the way content is displayed within
> > fields in FMP...?? tell me more, this would be extremely useful I'd
> > just
> > never heard it was possible...???
> >
> > (Either that or you've picked up the wrong end of the thread ;-)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> > [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Gjermund
> > Gusland
> > Thorsen
> > Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2007 11:43 p.m.
> > To: FX.php Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Creating formatting from FX
> >
> > Please use CSS-style when you want to pick a font and size.
> >
> > Gjermund
> >
> > On 8/19/07, Glenn Singleton <glenn at fmutils.com> wrote:
> >> Steve,
> >>
> >> It depends on where you want the result shown...
> >>
> >> This is the way I would do it
> >>
> >> 1. Define a field for the data you want in bold say resultBold_t
> >>
> >> 2. Defina a field for the rest of the data say result_t
> >>
> >> 3. Build a calculation in PHP or Filemaker that combines the two and
> >> shows resultBold_t & result_t in the font and style you require.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Glenn Singleton
> >> glenn at fmutils.com a.h.[ glenn at cornerstoneict.com.au b.h.]
> >> www.fmutils.com - totally free computer software and utilites for
> >> filemaker plus more
> >> focusing on the needs of special children ( contributions wanted !)
> >> [Mac G4 OS X 10.4.9, Mail V2.1]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 08/08/2007, at 1:11 AM, Chris Hansen wrote:
> >>
> >>> Steve,
> >>>
> >>> I don't know of any definitive way of doing this.  If it did work,
> >>> it would have to be on the FileMaker side, as this isn't something
> >>> that the WPE really allows for.  I'd experiment with writing to a
> >>> global, and then using a FileMaker script to write in the data and
> >>> formatting.  I'm not sure if that would work, but that's what I'd
> >>> try.  HTH
> >>>
> >>> --Chris Hansen
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 7, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Winter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm working on a solution which uses FMP as the backend db for
> >>>> both desktop and web users, essentially I'm adding a web component
> >>>> to an existing system. In the desktop based version they use a
> >>>> standard field to record 'notes'.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The business rule of the organisation is, if you add a note, you
> >>>> add initials and date, in bold, after that note. It comes to pass
> >>>> that I need to put some information into that notes filed from FX.
> >>>> Is there any way to force specific characters in a text field to
> >>>> be in bold...?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
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