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Kerry

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Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX - VL Version ..
« on: August 23, 2009, 07:54:32 AM »
Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX..
... The Lispy Version.

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=29992.msg355647#msg355647

Thought some may find it usefull or interesting.



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Re: Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX - VL Version ..
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 08:28:45 AM »
Hi Kerry,

Just curious, are you content with the fact this (vla-get-textstring Att) will include formatting codes as opposed to how the text appears on screen?

Given a standard text type attribute you might get this: "text %%Ustring 224%%U". Given a multiline attribute in 2008 or later, the formatting codes can be as complex as those which apply to an mtext object in 2008.
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Lee Mac

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Re: Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX - VL Version ..
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 08:36:13 AM »
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Re: Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX - VL Version ..
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 08:54:47 AM »
Quote from: Lee Mac on August 24, 2009, 08:36:13 AM
I thought you might mention that Joe...    ;-)

Lee,

Similar issues are on my mind while I try to update my SwapText routine to include support for swapping fields and multiline attributes.
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Lee Mac

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Re: Reading and Saving Attribute values. ala DBX - VL Version ..
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 09:08:01 AM »
I can imagine... 1 step forward and 3 steps back it seems  :|

Since the advent of mAttribs I've had to bulk up my routines substantially, and as for "unformatting" fields - that is a task in itself....    :-(
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