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Component: RichText
Read and write Word/OpenOffice/RTF files on Mac.
| Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| 3.0 / 13.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ 87%, on macOS | ✅ 90% |
| Item | Details | Server |
|---|---|---|
| RichText.AppendFormattedText Appends new styled text to the document. | Mac/iOS 10.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.AppendText Appends text to the current document. | Mac/iOS 10.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.Attribute Queries an attribute value. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.Clear Clears current document. | Mac/iOS 3.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.CopyToClipboard Puts current rich text on the clipboard. | Mac/iOS 13.0 |
❌ Server |
| RichText.FormattedText Returns the styled text of the currently loaded text file. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.GeneratePDF Generates a PDF from the current rich text document. | Mac only 5.1 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.HTMLText Converts the current rich text to html. | Mac/iOS 6.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.RTF Returns current rich text as RTF data. | Mac/iOS 6.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadContainer Reads text file from container. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadFile Reads a text file from a file. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadFromClipboard Reads styled text from clipboard. | Mac/iOS 13.0 |
❌ Server |
| RichText.ReadHTML Loads a HTML page as rich text. | Mac/iOS 5.2 |
❌ Server |
| RichText.ReadRTF Loads RTF text as rich text. | Mac/iOS 5.2 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadText Read rich text from text. | Mac/iOS 4.4 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadURL Reads a text file from an URL. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReadWebviewer Reads formatted text from WebViewer content. | Mac/iOS 5.4 |
❌ Server |
| RichText.Release Frees memory for current text file. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReplaceText Replaces text in current rich text document with new text. | Mac/iOS 4.4 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.ReplaceTexts Replaces text in current rich text document with new text. | Mac/iOS 6.4 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.SetAttribute Sets metadata. | Mac/iOS 3.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.SetFormattedText Sets new text for saving a document. | Mac/iOS 3.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.SetText Sets new text for saving a document. | Mac/iOS 3.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.Text Returns the plain text of the currently loaded text file. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.TextLength Returns the length of the text in characters. | Mac/iOS 3.0 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.WriteContainer Writes current rich text to a container. | Mac/iOS 4.4 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.WriteDOC Writes a Word file. | Mac only 3.5 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.WriteFile Writes current rich text to a file. | Mac/iOS 4.4 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.WritePDF Write the current rich text document to a PDF file. | Mac only 5.1 |
✅ Server |
| RichText.WriteRTF Writes a RTF file. | Mac/iOS 3.5 |
✅ Server |
30 functions shown.
These functions require a license (50%).
Release notes
- Version 14.5
- Improved styled text conversion on macOS to include better support for highlight, underline and strikethrough, e.g. for RichText.SetFormattedText and Clipboard.SetStyledText functions.
- Version 13.0
- Added RichText.CopyToClipboard and RichText.ReadFromClipboard functions.
- Version 12.1
- Added subscript and superscript to RichText functions.
- Version 10.3
- Disabled RichText.ReadHTML for server to avoid someone calling it there.
- Version 10.1
- Added handing of Strikethrough text attribute for styled text conversion from NSAttributedString to FileMaker. Affects WebView.GetFormattedText, Clipboard.GetStyledText, RichText.FormattedText and other functions.
- Version 10.0
- Added RichText.AppendFormattedText and RichText.AppendText functions.
- Version 9.2
- Added PaperSize option to RichText.SetAttribute and RichText.Attribute functions.
- Version 9.1
- Rewrote RichText.HTMLText to return better html.
- Version 8.2
- Implemented WebView.GetFormattedText, WebView.CopyFormattedText and RichText.ReadWebviewer for iOS and FileMaker 16.
- Ported most RichText functions to iOS. Word files and PDF generation is not possible there for iOS.
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