I'd like to import some chemical formula that use superscript and/or
subscript. I already have a field where I use html to specify <sub> and
<sup> formatting. Is there some sort of trick required so that I can get
the formatting to actually show up without doing it individually for over
23K records.

Thanks.

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Jim Hardy
Professor of Chemistry
The University of Akron
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/

If you are using FM7, there are now functions to control style in text.
*TextStyleAdd* would do the trick here.

A calculation like:
Let ( startSub = Position( txt; "_{"; 1; 1 );
__If ( startSub = 0; txt;
____Let ( endSub = Position( txt; "}"; startSub+5; 1 );
_______Left( txt; startSub-1 )
_______& TextStyleAdd( Middle( txt; startSub+5; endSub - startSub -
); Subscript )
_______& Right( txt; Length(txt) - endSub - 5 )
____)
__)
)

will replace a single _... pair with a subscripted piece o
text. You could apply this repeatedly in a script, or if you have Dev
make a custom function that loops over all of them.

If you're using FM6, I don't think its possible without obtaining
plug-in to manipulate style information
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Thanks. That worked just as you explained. If I create subsequen
fields, I can format an additional subscript each time.

I have access to a copy of Filemaker Pro 7 DEV and would appreciated i
if you could explain the next step - looping through all of th
 in a single calculation.

I guess I must suffer from some sort of block when it comes to thi
problem and greatly appreciate your advice
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It took me a bit of pondering to remember why I had a file that di
this... I thought it sounded familar
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Thanks again. We do seem to be having the same discussion on tw
different boards.

I'll take a good look at your example right after I teach my class
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