Hi all,
Using FMPro 6.04/Mac OS X, I'm trying to replace some chars like TAB
(\x09) or anything I can't type. Using the (french name of function)
REMPLACE2("StringToChange"; "ReplaceBy"; "LookFor"), how can I type
something like :
REMPLACE2("MyString"; "ascii code of tab"; "Tabulation here")
TIA
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JJBee
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A way to solve the problem is to create a special global field and to
paste into it a special character written into a Word document and use
"Substitute" (this is the term for "Remplace2").
Better you may have a special Param.fp5 file with only one record and
make a normal field into which you'll pour the Word special
character.Then with a Constant = 1 relationship any other file of the
solution will be able to access it.
Remi-Noel

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In article <1h0yvsg.ycgvt2q0rskoN%jjboutaud (AT) free (DOT) fr>, jjboutaud (AT) free (DOT) fr
(Jean-Jacques Boutaud) wrote:

There's two ways to replace characters that can't be typed easily.

A. Before using the Remplace command, type the character into
a normal Text field, then select and Copy it. Then go to
the Remplace command and Paste the character in the
appropriate place.

B. Create a new Global field (eg. g_Tab) and temporarily put
it on a layout so you can type in the character. Then use
that Global field wherever you need that character.
ie.
Remaplce ("StringToChange", "g_Tab", "ASCIICode")


Note:
I think you've got your "LookFor" and "ReplaceBy" around the wrong way.
The English version of the command is

Substitute (text, search*string, replace*string)




Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Remi-Noel Menegaux <rnmenegaux (AT) free (DOT) fr> wrote:

Many thanks to you (merci beaucoup en quelque sorte ;^) and sorry for my
delayed reply.

The main purpose is :
- to export some records adding XTags for XPress (like paragraphe style
names and other...). Some chars from FMPro fields cause problems in
XPress ; the new line (\x0B) for exemple is the XTag to jump to next
block in XPress so I have to change it to <\n> but as there is a button
for it in the text operators, there is no problem. The Tabulation char
is automatically changed to the space char (\x20) as I export these
records to a .tab file.
So, it seems that this is not the nightmare I imagined ;^)

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Helpful Harry <helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> wrote:

Many thanks to you and sorry for my delayed reply.

The main purpose is :
- to export some records adding XTags for XPress (like paragraphe style
names and other...). Some chars from FMPro fields cause problems in
XPress ; the new line (\x0B) for example is the XTag to jump to next
block in XPress so I have to change it to <\n> but as there is a button
for it in the text operators buttons from the calculation window, there
is no problem. The Tabulation char is automatically converted to the
space char (\x20) as I export these records to a .tab file.
So, it seems that this is not the nightmare I imagined ;^)
Yet, it's a "pity" that there is no way to type in some chars in a way
like \x09 for exemple.
And you are right, I invert the last two parameters of the Substitute
command.
One more time, many thanks.

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