If you want the tab stops to be included in the file I guess you need to add them manually to the rtf file. There is a \tx command in rtf that sets the tab size. I used it long time ago so I don’t remember of it was relative or absolut positions but I do think it should be doable…
:-Håkan On 8 Apr 2019, 18:25 +0200, Robert J. Earp via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Thanks for the reply Paul. Yes, tried that but there are problems. It saves a > .rtf file but when you open that in MSWord (OS X or Windows) the tabs are > changed to underscores. If you open the file in OS X TextEdit it does have > tabs but the position/spacing is not retained. I’ve created a sample/test > stack if anybody wants to play ;-) > > Our project is supposed to create a formatted file that external to the LC > project, gets assembled with other documents/files to make a presentable > report. The other docs/files are .rtf (created in MSWord or Pages or > TextEdit) and an .eps file. The final report will be a .pdf and Acrobat is > likely what will get used to manually assemble the final report. > > To quote my valued colleague (RogerG) on this problem, and who has spent > inordinate hours trying to find a solution, tabs have turned out to be tricky > little devils in LC !! > > best, Bob... > > > From: Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com <mailto:p...@researchware.com>> > > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > > Subject: Re: Saving a tab formatted field to a file and retaining its > > formatting > > Message-ID: <ce0de0c4-5daa-22c0-bf46-cfeceb79a...@researchware.com > > <mailto:ce0de0c4-5daa-22c0-bf46-cfeceb79a...@researchware.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > I take it your have tried: > > > > put the rtfText of field "X" into URL > > ("file:"&specialFolderPath("desktop")&slash&"savedfield.rtf") > > > > And then reading it back to a new field with: > > > > set the rtfText of field "Y" to URL > > ("file:"&specialFolderPath("desktop")&slash&"savedfield.rtf") > > > > and the tab spacing is not preserved? > > > > > > > > On 4/7/2019 7:57 PM, Robert J. Earp via use-livecode wrote: > > > Dear all, we have a field that is formatted nicely with tabs and want to > > > save that as a file, retaining the tab formatting. The saved file format > > > ideally should be .rtf but we may be able to use other formats such as > > > .pdf > > > > > > Anybody got any ideas how to do this ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions. > > > > > > best, Bob? > > > > > > Bob Earp - White Rock, BC, Canada > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
