Re: Presenting a .txt file

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35248
interpreted = N
texte = This is a response to al old post, but...I discovered that Webcat will properly process HTML tags in the description field if the store was built with StoreBuilder, or uses the same methodology. For instance I put several paragraphs in the description field:

This is a test of multiple paragraphs

This is the second paragraph

Lo and behold my web browser displayed 2 paragraphs. Cool! So I tried it with BOLD and ITALIC tags i.e. this is bold and that worked too!!Then I tried using meta tags so the text would not display but I can find items based upon keywords. That worked too!!BUT... If you use Microsoft Excel or Word to manage your database for backside integration, you will be dismayed to find that when Excel detects the bold or italic tags, it tries to interpret them, and subsequently will refuse to import the fields as individual rows and columns. Instead it will load the entire database into one cell!! OUCH!Word is worse. It will think the page is HTML but of course improperly formatted HTML so it will try to fix it, fail, and break into it's debugger which will also fail, after which you must quit because you won't be able to close the fatal document.The other tags work though. No fancy coding necessary. -- Sincerely, Bob Sneidar Systems Manager The Word For Today> From: Alan > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:00:31 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Presenting a .txt file > > Is there a way to present .txt files by using the SKU from [founditems] > in a database search? > > My customer has hundreds of items with rather long product descriptions > (2 or 3 paragraphs each) that need to be displayed. My thought was to > save these descriptions using the SKU number add a _1.txt on the end of > the file (12345_1.txt, 12345_2.txt etc.). > > This approach works great with image files ( src=../photos/[Photo1].jpg> but will this work with text, and what > syntax do I use to display the them? > > Alan Jackson > ADVR Network Services ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Presenting a .txt file (Bob Sneidar 2000)
  2. Re: Presenting a .txt file (James Howarth 2000)
  3. Re: Presenting a .txt file (Robert Wade 2000)
  4. Presenting a .txt file (Alan 2000)
This is a response to al old post, but...I discovered that Webcat will properly process HTML tags in the description field if the store was built with StoreBuilder, or uses the same methodology. For instance I put several paragraphs in the description field:

This is a test of multiple paragraphs

This is the second paragraph

Lo and behold my web browser displayed 2 paragraphs. Cool! So I tried it with BOLD and ITALIC tags i.e. this is bold and that worked too!!Then I tried using meta tags so the text would not display but I can find items based upon keywords. That worked too!!BUT... If you use Microsoft Excel or Word to manage your database for backside integration, you will be dismayed to find that when Excel detects the bold or italic tags, it tries to interpret them, and subsequently will refuse to import the fields as individual rows and columns. Instead it will load the entire database into one cell!! OUCH!Word is worse. It will think the page is HTML but of course improperly formatted HTML so it will try to fix it, fail, and break into it's debugger which will also fail, after which you must quit because you won't be able to close the fatal document.The other tags work though. No fancy coding necessary. -- Sincerely, Bob Sneidar Systems Manager The Word For Today> From: Alan > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:00:31 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Presenting a .txt file > > Is there a way to present .txt files by using the SKU from [founditems] > in a database search? > > My customer has hundreds of items with rather long product descriptions > (2 or 3 paragraphs each) that need to be displayed. My thought was to > save these descriptions using the SKU number add a _1.txt on the end of > the file (12345_1.txt, 12345_2.txt etc.). > > This approach works great with image files ( src=../photos/[Photo1].jpg> but will this work with text, and what > syntax do I use to display the them? > > Alan Jackson > ADVR Network Services ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Bob Sneidar

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