mixed font style within a string var 3

[vincer]

crystal 8.5
Does anyone know if is possible to format a section of a string in a different font style to the rest?

Eg I want to be able to use <b>bold</b> or <i>italic</i> or colour a section of a string.

I thought I remember reading a couple of years ago that you could embed html style tags <b> etc to do this but I can't seem to get it to work.

The string is basically a hexadecimal dump that I want to highlight key parts within.

Thanks

 

[lbass]

You can use HTML tags in a formula like this:

"<b>"+left({table.string},4)+"</b>" + "<font color = red>"+mid({table.string},5,2)+ "</font color>"+"<i>" + mid({table.string},7)+"</i>"

Then go to format field->paragraph formatting and set the text interpretation to HTML text.

-LB

 

[vincer]

Excellent
thankyou very much

 

[synapsevampire]

The HTML method has some minor drawbacks, such as a different looking font.

You can also change formatting of strings within a text object, inclusive of formulas dropped into it.

-k

 

[rosemaryl]

Dear SV,

You can reference the font in the html:

The following is from one of the exercises in my Advanced Crystal Class (using variables, loops, and html formatting in a formula):

whileprintingrecords;
local numbervar i;
numbervar delimit;
stringvar Graphic;

delimit := iif(isnull(count({Incident.Incident #}, {Clients.Client ID})), 0, count({Incident.Incident #}, {Clients.Client ID}));

for i :=1 to delimit
do
Graphic := Graphic + '(';

if delimit = 0
then
'No Incidents'
else
'<pre><font face = wingdings SIZE= 3>' &
Graphic & '</font>' & ' Total Incidents: ' & count({Incident.Incident #}, {Clients.Client ID}) & '</pre>';

The result is a string with the number of phones (the '(' in wingdings) representing the number of calls for a client along with text that indicates the same concatenated.

regards,

ro

Rosemary Lieberman
rosemary-at-microflo.com,

http://www.microflo.com

Microflo provides expert consulting on MagicTSD and Crystal Reports.

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[synapsevampire]

I agree, Ro, the problem is you'll note slight shifting for HTML mixed with other fonts.

Nice code though, thanks!

-k

 

[rosemaryl]

Dear SV,

Thanks,

The students really like the exercise ... they have a lot of fun changing the character to get different icons...

The exercise isn't complete without the reset formula:

//Reset Graphic
EvaluateAfter({@loop}); //the name of the original formula
stringvar graphic := '';
graphic
//

Place on the line with the original formula.

regards,

ro

Rosemary Lieberman
rosemary-at-microflo.com,

http://www.microflo.com

Microflo provides expert consulting on MagicTSD and Crystal Reports.

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