Re: Auto conversion of URLs?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17279
interpreted = N
texte = >Has anyone tackled the problem of trapping URL strings in a body of text >and automatically adding the > and [url] wrappers so that that when the text is displayed the >URL is clickable? What I'd like to accomplish is the following: > >User types: >blah blah http://www.yahoo.com blah blah > >Database recieves: >blah blah HREF=[url]http://www.yahoo.com[/url]>http://www.yahoo.com blah blah > >Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? WebCatalog's current text searching and text manipulation capabilities are nowhere near the level of sophistication required to do this from within WebCatalog itself -- unless you want to write a HUGE amount of ridiculously complicated code that would take forever to run -- and even then I'm not convinced that it would actually work (although it probably would, since everything else seems to work amazingly well with WebCatalog).Right now, WebCatalog offers no way to find and replace more than a single character at one time. In addition, wild cards are non-existent. This basically means you cannot even identify a string that begins with http:// or know where to find the end of that string -- because the tools just aren't there.The best thing I can suggest right now is to write an AppleScript that performs the magic you need, then feed your field or form data thru that script to turn those strings into URLs.Or do it manually. :(Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. RE: Auto conversion of URLs? (Olin 1998)
  2. Re: Auto conversion of URLs? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. Auto conversion of URLs? (Marty Schmid 1998)
>Has anyone tackled the problem of trapping URL strings in a body of text >and automatically adding the > and [url] wrappers so that that when the text is displayed the >URL is clickable? What I'd like to accomplish is the following: > >User types: >blah blah http://www.yahoo.com blah blah > >Database recieves: >blah blah HREF=[url]http://www.yahoo.com[/url]>http://www.yahoo.com blah blah > >Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? WebCatalog's current text searching and text manipulation capabilities are nowhere near the level of sophistication required to do this from within WebCatalog itself -- unless you want to write a HUGE amount of ridiculously complicated code that would take forever to run -- and even then I'm not convinced that it would actually work (although it probably would, since everything else seems to work amazingly well with WebCatalog).Right now, WebCatalog offers no way to find and replace more than a single character at one time. In addition, wild cards are non-existent. This basically means you cannot even identify a string that begins with http:// or know where to find the end of that string -- because the tools just aren't there.The best thing I can suggest right now is to write an AppleScript that performs the magic you need, then feed your field or form data thru that script to turn those strings into URLs.Or do it manually. :(Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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