Richard wrote :
>I've tried using graphics for things like that. Seems like fun at
>first, until you need to wrap across different lines. Then you
need to
>handle different textHeights. Then you pull out all your hair. ;)
>One of the cool things about htmlText is that it's designed as the one
>way to have complete fidelity for reproducing a field's contents,
style
>runs and all.
>So conceivably you could add in tags for backgroundcolor of the text
>runs you want visually distinct. It can take a bit of clever
parsing to
>get it right, but check out the optional third param for the offset
>function in the dictionary - it's a godsend for parsing tasks like
this.
>To see the format of htmlText, style some text in a field how you want
>it and run "put the htmlText of fld 1" in the Message Box. Everything
>you can do with a field can be represented in htmlText, so conversely
>you can do anything to htmlText that you can do to a field.
Thanks Richard, you're right. I had come across it last night when I
was trying it with a graphic.
I will dive into the html and use it's tags for changing the
backColor. Great!
best,
Beat Cornaz
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