Subsitute( "[abc]" ; acc:xyz) Whats the [] used for... HTML..

[RodM]

Hi I have attach a FM file in a zip...

 

And have snippet that does nothing but show my problem,

for step through with debug

Basically I have a  HTML page or my  Invoice format

And , then through substitution command,  I fill the format with data

 

This might even be a Html question.. not that familiar with its side  <div neither  </div>

 

All the previous older lines of code work.. in my script except  the last 2 new lines.

Code was written long ago by another.

still does except added new fields for counting 'Texting' or displaying new field counter to invoice format

 

Testing, debugging,  I add this new texting field by cut pasting the 'paging code' another similar field counter that worked same,  by  using Dreamweaver my editor...

 

I think  the problem is of the first line of code... the template.

I not sure how this was all created in the first place or maybe some elements are missing ID or titles

 

 

same but part of attached
Invoice form SNIPPET

 

<div style='POSITION: absolute; TEXT-ALIGN: right; WIDTH: 101px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; HEIGHT: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; OVERFLOW: hidden; TOP: 421px; LEFT: 85px'>Ref: time on account</div>   

 <div style='POSITION: absolute; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 51px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; HEIGHT: 15px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; OVERFLOW: hidden; TOP: 403px; LEFT: 319px'>40:00</div>

Then code has these substitution commands to lay the data to form

Substitute ( $inv_text; "[acc_billing_texting_count]"; fnNumberFormat ( Billing::acc_billing_texting_

count; 2 ;"." ; ","))

 

 

that's all    

 

 

 

 

testSub_Html.zip

[bruceR]

The square brackets are for doing multiple substitutions.

 

Substitute(text; [search1; replace1]; [search2; replace2]; ... [searchN; replaceN])

 

Your script steps are commented out because they are not written properly.

 

See:

http://www.filemaker.com/11help/html/func_ref3.33.84.html#1031764

[comment]

Substitute ( $inv_text; "[acc_billing_texting_count]"; fnNumberFormat ( Billing::acc_billing_texting_

count; 2 ;"." ; ","))

 

In your example, the square brackets are not used for anything; they are simply part of the search string.

[RodM]

First thanks for your reply, usually I post it and figure it out b4... I am grinding on this one... probably cause i don't understand CSS..

 

I understand subst pretty well

 

Its the rest of the code  or the populating my data in form,, substituting within the Htlm <Div> objects in html template.

 

  <Div  </Div>  to find  the one to substitute on..

 

as the good code suggest, subst code for original code seems to work,

 

its just my 2 lines of code I added duplicating doesn't work

[RodM]

Conclusion for me... I finally figured

 

subst (x;  "[name]"           the [] is part of the search..

The form created in dreamweaver       would actually have  [name]     [company]   [address1]   in it.. The Absolute Call in the <Div   or html code  puts the data at the right xy location on page

My problem in the one piece of code    retesting it, I guess it never really worked when tried in other account##

And real problem was the creation of the template form .. once figured, the subst command found the right spot in $inv_text

 

 

Thks