HTMLtoText_convertStyle ( text )

Subordinate Custom Function to HTMLtoText to parse bold and italic styles (v. 1.04).

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Mogens Brun - Show more from this author
FM Integrator
http://filemakerintegrator.dk

Sample input:

HTMLtoText_convertStyle ( "Enter Note Here" )

Sample output:

Enter Note Here

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// Convert bold and italic text between $SearchStart and $SearchEnd.
// Version: 1.06.
// Parameters: "text" = HTML text to be converted.
// NOTE: Used by HTMLtoText (text;returns) together with HTMLtoText_delete (text)
// 24oct06 ; Mogens Brun ; FM Integrator ; mogens_brun@mac.com ; 08jun10 ; David Fennell corrected $Return2Post to $ReturnPost
// Mail to mogens_brun@mac.com if you want a demo file with the custom function.

Let (
      [
      $Start = Position ( text ; $SearchStart ; 1 ; 1 ) ;
      $StartLength = Position ( text ; ">" ; $Start ; 1 ) - $Start + 1 ;
      $End = Position ( text ; $SearchEnd ; 1 ; 1 ) ;
      $EndLength = Length ( $SearchEnd ) ;
      $Start = If ( $End < $Start ; 0 ; $Start ) ;
      $ReturnPre = If ( $SearchStart = "<h1" or $SearchStart = "<h2" or $SearchStart = "<h3" ; "<p>" ; "" ) ;
      $ReturnPost = If ( $SearchStart = "<h1" or $SearchStart = "<h2" or $SearchStart = "<h3" ; "<br>" ; "" ) ;
      $StyleString = $ReturnPre & Middle ( text ; $Start + $StartLength ; $End - $Start - $StartLength ) & $ReturnPost
      ] ;
      If (  $Start = 0 ; text ;
      HTMLtoText_convertStyle ( Left ( text; $Start - 1 ) & TextStyleAdd ( $StyleString ; Bold ) & Middle ( text ; $End + $EndLength ; Length ( text ) - $End - $EndLength + 1 ) ) )
)

One of two subordinate Custom Functions used by HTMLtoText (on this site) to parse bold and italic text from HTML to plain text.

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HTMLtoText_convertStyle ( text )

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