Scripted Text Formating Tools

[Dr. Evil]

HELLO! Can you format selected text using a script?

For example I have a field called [note], I would like user to be able to type in the field and have the options to format selected text to...

- bold

- italic

- color change

- larger/smaller font size

I would have buttons by field for user to call on.

Any help or suggestions? THANKS!!!!

[Fitch]

Yes, check this out:

Style buttons - Custom and extended formatting functionality on demand

[comment]

See also:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/198604/post/305425/#305425

[Dr. Evil]

Fitch; Thanks for the link, good source!

Comment; Thank you for the code! I got it to work... almost. The script changes the ALL the text to red vrs only the SELECTED text.

I think the issue is in the

[insert Calculated Result (TextColor ( Middle ( Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ) ) ; RGB ( 240 ; 0 ; 0 ) ) ]

Have I missed something?

[comment]

Make sure the option "Select entire contents" is unchecked.

[Dr. Evil]

Yep, unchecked... still no go. I'm sure it is something simple I have missed like this tho. Humm.

[comment]

I don't know. Does this work for you?

Bold.zip

[Dr. Evil]

It works as a simple button, but I can not get it to work in the script.

I have attached a file to show problem, the script is a mess! Any help to clean up would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your help.

text_formatter.fp7.zip

[Lee Smith]

Deselect the Option to Select Field Contents in the script step Insert Calculated Result

Edited August 27, 2010 by Guest

[comment]

Make sure the option "Select entire contents" is unchecked.

Yep, unchecked...

Check again.

[Dr. Evil]

Oops, I checked the field behavior, not the script option, sorry.

By the way, anyone know how I can TextFormatRemove in the script?

[comment]

The problem with using TextFormatRemove() in this manner is that when you insert plain text into a field, it inherits the formatting of the text being overwritten (which sort of makes sense). This was discussed previously here:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/173852/