How to keep formatted text when exporting to XML

[jjulie]

Hi,

I'm very new to Filemaker and have no idea, if what I want to do it even possible, but I thought maybe someone here can help me -)

I want to export a filemaker database into an XML file and then use the XML to import information into a Flash file.

Some of the text is bold or in italics. How can I make sure the the formatting will be passed on to the XML file and then to the flash file?

Thanks

Julie

[jteich]

You could try to use the function GetAsCSS(text) to transfer the bold an italics texts into HTML tags.

-jens

[jjulie]

Hi Jens, danke fuer die schnelle Antwort -)

as I said I'm very new to Filemaker, do you think you could explain the steps a bit more in detail? Do I use this script when I export or do I use it on a datafield?

Thanks

Julia

Edited December 30, 2006 by Guest

[Fenton]

It is a function, so you could use it either within a field definition, or applied during a script, before an export. You cannot apply it during the Export script step itself; the [x] "Apply current layout's data formatting" (at the lower left) is for number and date (I think) formatting, not for text styles; and certainly not for CSS.

Used within a field definition, it could be used either as a calculation field, or as an auto-enter, with [ ] "Do not replace contents" unchecked. That way you could do any adjustments before exporting. Like removing the extra tags:

Some plain text, which nevertheless gets this unnecessary span tag

But, though somewhat sloppy CSS, it works and is not an error, so can be ignored.