Put <br> 's in your text and set the html instead of the text. Don't forget to put <html><head> etc. around your text before you set the html.
Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lingo-L@Penworks. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: <lingo-l> right-to-left text and word-wrapping > Hello. > > Does anyone out there have any experience with > using languages that go right-to-left (such as > Arabic or Hebrew) in text cast members? > > I am using Arabic script in a non-Arabic windows > setting. I have typed in the Arabic in a separate > word processer that automatically converts the > right-to-left of the Arabic into left-to-right, > so that it functions properly in a normal windows > setting. In other words, it's not just changing > the justification, it's essentially reversing the > order in which the characters appear (so that the > first letter I type, on the extreme right in Arabic, > will actually be the last letter in the text > sequence in the display). > > What I then do it cut and paste the text from that > word processor to director, and make sure the arabic > font is selected, and it looks great. Until I write > a line that is wider than the width of the text member. > Then it word-wraps, and when it does, it chops the > sentence in half at the wrong place (since the text > is not REALLY going right to left, but only appearing > to do so). If you have any experience with this, you > probably know what I am talking about (and if not then > just ignore me!). > > Does anyone know of a way to make this word-wrap properly? > I would like to find one, since the text is loaded > dynamically, and I can't just solve it by inserting RETURN > at the appropriate points. > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > ------------------------------------- > Andrew Dempsey > Software Developer and Multimedia Consultant > Cairo, Egypt > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: (+202) 267-7691, (+2012) 713-3203 > www.andrewdempsey.com > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 - Release Date: 5/21/02 > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
