Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.TextToHTML

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Text.TextToHTML

Creates HTML text for a given FileMaker formatted styled text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	4.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "Text.TextToHTML"; Text { ; Options } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Text Formatted text to convert. "Hello World"

Options Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.5 or newer.
The options number for html creation.
Add 1 for having no body around.
Add 2 to have no font names.
Add 4 to have no font sizes.
Add 8 to use strong instead of b tag for bold.
Add 16 to keep links in HTML to pass through <a..></a> tags. (new in 7.4). 1+2+4+8 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Text	Formatted text to convert.	"Hello World"
Options	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.5 or newer. The options number for html creation. Add 1 for having no body around. Add 2 to have no font names. Add 4 to have no font sizes. Add 8 to use strong instead of b tag for bold. Add 16 to keep links in HTML to pass through <a..></a> tags. (new in 7.4).	1+2+4+8	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Creates HTML text for a given FileMaker formatted styled text.
Supports styles like bold, italic, underline, font size and text color. Other style features may be added in the future on demand.

See also Text.EncodeToHTML and GetAsCSS in FileMaker.

Version 11.2 adds support for strikethrough using s tag in html.

Examples

Convert some text to HTML

MBS( "Text.TextToHTML"; "Hello World" )

Example result:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello World</p></body>
</html>

Convert some text to RTF

MBS( "Text.TextToRTF"; "Hello World" )

Example result:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252
Hello World
}

Convert without body/header:

MBS( "Text.TextToHTML"; "Hello World”; 1 )

Example result: <p>Hello World</p>

Release notes

Version 11.2
- Added strikethrough as attribute recognized by Text.TextToHTML function.
Version 7.4
- Added option in Text.TextToHTML to keep links in html.

Example Databases

Text functions/Text to RTF or HTML

Blog Entries

FileMaker Magazin

Ausgabe 5/2014, Seite 25, PDF

Created 7th September 2014, last changed 19th March 2021

Text.Styles - Text.TextToRTF

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