[FX.php List] Creating formatting from FX

Tue Aug 21 05:03:01 MDT 2007

fwiw

please take anything I say with a grain of salt because most of it  
will be at least slightly wrong if not off center 8->

But did you get your original question answered ???  What was the  
question ??? ;->

Regards
Glenn Singleton

On 21/08/2007, at 5:01 PM, Steve Winter wrote:

> lol
>
> No I'm not at all... I was simply having a little fun with you  
> Gjermund
> because at times you're inclined to offer slightly cryptic  
> advice... ;-)
>
> The reply you posted about always using CSS was about 180 degrees  
> off, since
> my question had been how do I get text, which I generate with PHP, and
> insert into an FMP field, to show formatting (bold for some words)  
> when
> viewed within Filemaker... I'd had a number of suggestions, all of  
> which
> featured defining fields and storing the text I wanted in bold in  
> one field,
> the non-bold in another and then concatenating them together...
>
> Then you pooped up and said use CSS, which I know won't work, since  
> my notes
> field in FMP will just display the code, not the formatting, so I was
> attempting to pull your leg a little...
>
> Seems however that the joke was on me...
>
> 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: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 7:51 a.m.
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Creating formatting from FX
>
> Actually I think you are looking for this:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php
>
> ggt667
>
> On 8/21/07, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>> 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 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
>>>>>>   FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
>>>>>>   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>>>>>>   Creator of FX.php
>>>>>>   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>>>>>>   www.iViking.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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