export field to rtf file

[jmburnod]

Hi,
Caramba
I tried

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   ask file "Enregistrer sous :" with "notesDev.rtf" -- "notesDev.txt" in the dialog
   put "file:"&it into MyURL
   put the RTFText of field "notes" into URL myURL

but it dont work

Thank

Jean-Marc

[bn]

Hi Jean-Marc,
I tried your script on a text field where I had set some text to bold and italic and it was exported allright. This was in Rev 4.0. The file opened in TextEdit with bold and italic preserved.


regards
Bernd

[shadowslash]

Hi,
Caramba
I tried

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   ask file "Enregistrer sous :" with "notesDev.rtf" -- "notesDev.txt" in the dialog
   put "file:"&it into MyURL
   put the RTFText of field "notes" into URL myURL

but it dont work

Thank

Jean-Marc

Hi Jean Marc,

I just tried your script and it seems to be working. Here's a really wild guess, I see on your script that you didn't declare the MyURL variable. The error might be because you enabled Strict Compilation in the preferences. You can try unchecking the Variable Checking from the script editor's Edit menu.

[jmburnod]

Bernd,

I can't open the rtf file. i have an error when i doubleclic the file "notesDev.rtf" : Le document "notesDev.rtf" n'a pas pu être ouvert

ShadowSlash,
Same result with a "put empty into MyUrl" in first line of the script

Thank

[shadowslash]

ShadowSlash,
Same result with a "put empty into MyUrl" in first line of the script

Hmmm can you answer these questions:

1. What operating system are you running under? If you are not using a Windows environment then please ignore questions 2 and 3.
2. Does the RTF file have a file size greater than 0 byte? You can tell the size by right-clicking it and going to Properties.
3. Are you perfectly sure you're system isn't infected by a computer virus?

[Klaus]

Hi Jean-Marc,

what happens if you do NOT doubleclick the file but instead use the "Open" menuitem in some text editor like NotePad, Word, TextEdit or whatever?

[bn]

Hi Jean-Marc,

since it works both for Shadowslash and me it might be soemthing in your setup. Since you are on a Mac it may be the filetype/creator, depending on the systemversion I guess. It is worth a try to set that.
You might try

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   set the fileType to "ttxtRTF "

it tells the operating system to use TextEdit and open the file as RTF. Watch out for the space character at the end after RTF. If you set the filetype/creator this way on a Mac you can leave out the file extension .rtf, which I would not recommend, but it works. (It is the old convention on the Mac prior to MacOs X how to identify a file and the associated program. Other than that I have no idea.
By the way on which system version are you trying this?

regards
Bernd

[Klaus]

Hi Jean-Marc,

or you can set the filetype to "" (empty).

This way the OS will be forced to check the suffix in order to open the file with
the app associated with that suffix, which should be TextEdit for RTF files on the mac.

Setting the filetype is a Mac only thing!


Best

Klaus

[jmburnod]

Hi All

Shadowslash

1. What operating system are you running under? If you are not using a Windows environment then please ignore questions 2 and 3.
2. Does the RTF file have a file size greater than 0 byte? You can tell the size by right-clicking it and going to Properties.
3. Are you perfectly sure you're system isn't infected by a computer virus

1. OSX 10.5.6
2. 8Ko after the Bernd way : set the fileType to "ttxtRTF
3. No

Klaus

what happens if you do NOT doubleclick the file but instead use the "Open" menuitem in some text editor like NotePad, Word, TextEdit or whatever?

Same result

or you can set the filetype to "" (empty).

Same result and the size = 0 ko

Bernd

set the fileType to "ttxtRTF ".

Before (with et the filetype to "" (empty). the size is 0 ko

Thank for help and support

Jean-Marc
 

[bn]

Jean-Marc,

I don't get it. Is it working or not. Obviously a file size of 0 is an empty file, is the 8 ko (KB) file working? And if so, I dont understand exactly why. Because Shadowslash's and Klaus's solution should work also.

Anyway, solved or not?

regards
Bernd

[jmburnod]

Hi Bernd,

No solved
I can't open the file directly or by textedit i have the same error message "le document n'a pas pu être ouvert"

Best

Jean-Marc

[bn]

Jean-Marc,
could you make a new stack with just a field with some rtf in it and a button for the export. If that does not work for you could you zip it and upload it?
This should work. Something is going on. Could it have to do with permissions? Can you save to the desktop?

regards
Bernd

[Mark]

Hi,

The following script works fine for me on Mac OS X.

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on exportRtf theField,theFile
     if there is a field theField then
          put the rtfText of fld theField into myRTF
          put "\f1 \fs" & (the textSize of char 1 of fld theField)*2 & space & "\" into mySize
          replace "\f1 \" with mySize in myRTF
          set the filetype to "BOBORTF " -- Claris Works?!
          open file theFile for binary write
          write myRTF to file theFile
          close file theFile
     else
          beep
     end if
end exportRtf

Which operating system do you use, Jean-Marc?

Kind regards,

Mark

[jmburnod]

Hi Mark,

your script work fine for me
I use OSX 10.5.6

also with textEdit with filetype "TTXTRTF "

And one problem solved

Thank at all

Jean-Marc

[Klaus]

Bonjour Jean-Marc,

...
And one problem solved
...

which is good for you

But Marks script is almost identical to the one you posted first, which worked for others!
So the error must have been somewhere else!


Best

Klaus