Right, thanks--I can do that if I save the HTML text first as an htm file, then open it with revBrowserOpen() from the file. But I can't figure out how to avoid that step. Is there a way to pass the HTML text to revBrowser without saving it on the user's drive as a file?
Slava > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:use-livecode- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of stephen barncard > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:30 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: something better than HTMLText, anyone? > > Revbrowser. Display the html in a real, imbedded browser. > > there should be an example stack included with your LiveCode package > or > folder. > > On 21 May 2011 12:18, Slava Paperno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a large database of relatively small texts in basic HTML > format > > (including very basic tables), and I need to display these texts in a > card. > > Cellpadding, cellspacing, and borders in tables must be supported. > > > > The HTMLText property of fields in LC supports a rich collection of > text > > styles, but not HTML tables. > > > > How would you display such HTML text in a card? The user needs to be > able > > to > > adjust the font size of this text. > > > > When the user clicks a word in the text, my scripts need to be able > to > > extract the word that she clicked. > > > > Any tips would be appreciated. > > > > Slava > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
