Re: [replaceChars] would be nice ...

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14019
interpreted = N
texte = >>What would be *really useful* here would be a new character >>formatting context that replaces matching character strings with >>something else.>...like allowing some persons to use HTML tags from forms and disallowing >some. That's an idea I proposed in the beginning of this year, but I had an >idea of extending the [CONVERTCHARS] so you could chooses a conversion >table. But I think your soultion is better (if it allows us to replace >strings, too). > >In the meantime you could do this with a simple applescript. Use ACME >scriptwidgets so is it really fast, too.I never tried to do anything like this in AppleScript, but I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult. Too bad it leaves the Windows NT people out of the solution.Is there any part of the Windows OS that's functionally similar to AppleScript? If there is, then maybe when I write a new WebDNA Solution that works on the Mac, at least I'll have an option to port it to Windows ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions 808-737-6499 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [replaceChars] would be nice ... (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: [replaceChars] would be nice ... (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: [replaceChars] would be nice ... (Christer Olsson 1997)
  4. [replaceChars] would be nice ... (Kenneth Grome 1997)
>>What would be *really useful* here would be a new character >>formatting context that replaces matching character strings with >>something else.>...like allowing some persons to use HTML tags from forms and disallowing >some. That's an idea I proposed in the beginning of this year, but I had an >idea of extending the [convertchars] so you could chooses a conversion >table. But I think your soultion is better (if it allows us to replace >strings, too). > >In the meantime you could do this with a simple applescript. Use ACME >scriptwidgets so is it really fast, too.I never tried to do anything like this in AppleScript, but I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult. Too bad it leaves the Windows NT people out of the solution.Is there any part of the Windows OS that's functionally similar to AppleScript? If there is, then maybe when I write a new WebDNA Solution that works on the Mac, at least I'll have an option to port it to Windows ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions 808-737-6499 Kenneth Grome

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