Links within a Repeat

[CElwell]

How can I make urls which are loaded data within a repeat function appear as links?

For example:
Name:
Click here (link)
Name:
Click here (link)

tLink is the url loaded within the repeat

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set the textStyle of ... to link
set the linkText of .... to tLink

Do I need to have a system which counts the lines or searches for data with http in it? If so how should I go about doing this?

Thak you,
Cassidy

[jmburnod]

Hi Cassidy,
I think you can use something like that:

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  repeat with i = 1 to the num of lines of fld 1
      if "http" is in line i of fld 1 then
         set the textstyle of char 1 to -1 of line i of fld 1 to link
         set the linktext of  char 1 to -1 of line i of fld 1 to (line i of fld 1)
      end if
   end repeat

Best regards
Jean-Marc

[CElwell]

This makes sense with me, but how do I use this repeat if I am already using another repeat to load data into the field? I currently have a bunch of urls, but they do not appear as links.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Not sure what you mean. You can nest repeats, of course, but also do several things within a single repeat loop. Or run yet a new repeat.

Craig Newman

[CElwell]

As the code is, it doesnt work. I thought maybe it has to do with the repeat. I cant change my overall repeat because then my data doesnt work. Also, I cant put all off the other data that is loaded within the repeat for the urls because it also makes my other data not work.

[Klaus]

Hi Cassidy,

according to your screenshot, you are looping through your field "tDate"
BEFORE you actually fill it with the data from your xml, that cannot work!

Move the last repeat loop outside of the first repeat loop* and it should work.
*Right after :
...
set the textt of fld "tData" to tOutput
repeat with i = 1 to the num of lines of fld "tData"
...



Best

Klaus

[CElwell]

Oh I understand, it gets stuck within one loop and unable to complete another. Thank you so much!