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... .. it looks like what you see above .. when you retrieve the value of the memo field as a variable .. it looks exactly the same with all the formatting ( garbage ) .. add an image .. and all you see is trash for the image and formatting garbage for the text .. I am at a loss .. it seems like ...

... Any Ideas ... I get the Image to print ( a masthead logo ) but I cannot figure out how to print cRtf out and preserve the formatting and text. Any help would be appreciated. Rick Lipkin

... FIELDLEN() and FIELDDEC() and also depending on the Global setting in FWNumformat(). XBrowse determines the thousands separator and country based formatting based on FWNumFormat() settings. (d) XBrowe decides the GETSET codeblock in such a way that it is possbile to substitute a different alias ...

... Progress-bars, Charts, etc in Cells. - Cell formattig, like positioning of various elements inside the cell, usage of multiple fonts. - Additional formatting available in xbrowse. - Ownerdraw of cells, rows, headers and footers - Issues when browsing slow access datasources. - Fastdraw - Auto-calculation ...

What I mean is that the string does not read from a RichEdit control, does it?

correct.

I'm wishing to print the memo data on a report without all of the embedded formatting.

You are not going to have a TRichEdit control?
It's just going to have a formatted string, right?

Cristobal,

That is essentially what I did.
thanks for providing your input.

Don.

This function is not perfect, but it is an idea #include "Fivewin.ch"Function Main()   local cString   local cTmp1   := ""   local nPos1   := 0   local nPos2   := 0      cString := "{\rtf1\ans...

Don I have used this to remove CRLF and carriage returns .. try this : cText := HardCr( oRs:Fields("Memo"):Value )  HardCR() Replaces soft carriage returns with hard CRs in a character string. Syntax HardCR( <cString> ) --> cConvertedString Arguments <cString>...

I am reading a SQL database via ADO. one of the data Items I'm using is a memo field, with embedded formatting. here is an example: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 JH - Sue let me know ...

Never mind.

My original files were created in Word then saved as RTF files. They lose some formatting so I can't go with RTF.

Is there any way to do the same type of thing with Word files, without having Word installed?

... affect existing apps? One other concern is that if the font is dynamically changed depending on the Windows version, is this going to affect the formatting design? Other thoughts on this welcome. James

... If we are displaying totals in footers, it even automatically refresh the footers. When we migrate to xbrowse, we need to remove all the code for formatting, editing, etc. Please save this code into \fwh\samples folder and try: #include "fivewin.ch"#include "xbrowse.ch"function ...

... we get the function fixed so it returns the cText to be saved in a memo field ? 2) Using the PRINT class, can you show me a sample of keeping RTF formatting when printing using @ Row, Column print syntax ( just like I do with a normal memo field ) 3) Can we recall and display the RTF in PREVIEW ...