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Text_CaseShift ( myParam )

Convert Text from ANY Selection from ANY Field to Upper Proper Lower Case at ASCII Level (NOT a FileMaker Style)

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Joel Englander Joel Englander http://www.asymptotes.com/

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Let ( [ /* Convert Text from ANY Selection from ANY Field to Upper or Proper or Lower Case at ASCII Level (NOT a FileMaker Style) or it also remove Format or anything you may add in that custom function (but from ANY Selection from ANY Field) and not only the All in the specify Field */ current_field = Get ( ActiveFieldName ) ; current_table = Get ( ActiveFieldTableName ) & "::" ; current_repetition = Get ( ActiveRepetitionNumber ) ; select_start = Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) ; select_size= Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ) ; myfield = GetField ( current_table & current_field & "[" & current_repetition & "]" ) ; myfield_name = current_table & current_field & "[" & current_repetition & "]" ; myfield_length = Length ( myfield ) ; text_pre = Middle ( myfield ; 0 ; select_start - 1 ) ; text_select = Middle ( myfield ; select_start ; select_size ) ; text_post_start = select_start + select_size ; text_post = Middle ( myfield ; text_post_start ; myfield_length - text_post_start +1 ) ; text_select~new = Case ( myParam= "Upper" ; Upper ( text_select ) ; myParam = "Proper" ; Proper ( text_select) ; myParam = "Lower" ; Lower ( text_select ) ; myParam = "RemoveFormat" ; TextFormatRemove ( text_select ) ) ; myfield~new = text_pre & text_select~new & text_post ] ; Case ( myParam = "Start" ; select_start ; myParam = "End" ; select_start + select_size - 1 ; myParam = "Name" ; myfield_name ; myfield~new ) ) Click to copy

Convert Text from ANY Selection from ANY Field to Upper or Proper or Lower Case
at ASCII Level (NOT a FileMaker Style)
or it also remove Format
or anything you may add in that custom function
(but from ANY Selection from ANY Field) and not only the All in the specify Field
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Perform Script [ “Contact : Style : myScript”; Parameter: "Upper" ]
Perform Script [ “Contact : Style : myScript”; Parameter: "Proper" ]
Perform Script [ “Contact : Style : myScript”; Parameter: "Lower" ]
Perform Script [ “Contact : Style : myScript”; Parameter: "RemoveFormat" ]
———————————— Script for FM 10 ———————————————————
Set Variable [ $Select_Start; Value:Text_CaseShift ( "Start" ) ]
Set Variable [ $Select_End; Value:Text_CaseShift ( "End" ) ]
Set Field By Name [ Text_CaseShift ( "Name" ); Text_CaseShift ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ) ]
Set Selection [ Start Position: $Select_Start; End Position: $Select_End ]
———————————Script for FM 7+8+8.5+9————————————————
Set Variable [ $Select_Start; Value:Text_CaseShift ( "Start" ) ]
Set Variable [ $Select_End; Value:Text_CaseShift ( "End" ) ]
Set Field [ Text_CaseShift ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ) ]
Set Selection [ Start Position: $Select_Start; End Position: $Select_End ]
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