Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: RichText.ReadContainer

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RichText.ReadContainer

Reads text file from container.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
RichText	3.0	Yes	No	No	Yes, macOS only	Yes

MBS( "RichText.ReadContainer"; Container ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Container The container value to read from. $data

Parameter	Description	Example
Container	The container value to read from.	$data

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Reads text file from container.
The plugin uses Mac system functions to read text files including plain text files, RTF files, Word files in doc or xml format, webkit archives or OpenOffice documents.

Warning: The plugin can only read/write the styles/formats which Apple supports for their cocoa framework.

Examples

Read container field:

MBS( "RichText.ReadContainer"; Test::ContainerField )

Read container in one formula:

Let ( [
r = MBS( "RichText.ReadContainer"; MyContainer );
text = MBS( "RichText.FormattedText" )
]; text )

Convert doc/docx/rtf file in container to PDF:

Set Variable [$temppath; Value:MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserTemporary" ); "temp.pdf")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.ReadContainer"; test::MyContainerDoc )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.WritePDF"; $temppath )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "RichText.Release" )]
Set Field [test::MyContainerPDF; MBS("Files.ReadFile"; $temppath; "PDF"; "test.pdf")]

Example Databases

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 14th August 2017

RichText.RTF - RichText.ReadFile