Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText

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EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText

Converts HTML to plain text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
EmailParser	5.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText"; HTML ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

HTML The HTML text to convert. "<p>Hello World</p>"

Parameter	Description	Example
HTML	The HTML text to convert.	"<p>Hello World</p>"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Converts HTML to plain text.
This is used internally for HTML only emails.
Does not convert formatting. Just removes html tags, adds new line characters and translates html entities.

See also Text.DecodeFromHTML for just removing html entities.

Release notes

Version 11.0
- Optimized EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText function to add new line after pre element and to skip space runs.
Version 8.5
- Improved EmailParser.HTMLToPlainText to better filter JavaScript.

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Created 24th September 2015, last changed 22nd August 2018

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