Format A5w code ??

[crimmelcp]

Question:
Create a test table called header1
2 fields category c 20 and text memo 10
type in some test data

Open a new a5w page.
insert x-basic code
Insert this code between the <% %>
dim tbl1 as p
dim fldsc[1] as p
fldsc.initialize_from_table("PathAlias.ADB_Path]\header1.dbf")
dim category as c
dim message as c
category = alltrim(fldsc[1].category)
message = alltrim(fldsc[1].text)
?category
?message

Is there a way to format the way that
?category and ?message looks on the screen ?????
(Line breaks, font, colors)
Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

[drgarytraub]

Re: Format A5w code ??

Charlie,

There are several ways to go about this.

If you want to format output directly on an a5w page, then you use html. Line breaks are created with the <br> html tag.

Colors, fonts,etc are achievable via standard html.

Here is a simple way to get a handle on some of this:

Create a new a5w page. Now look at the source tab. You will see some very basic html.

Now, go to the WYSIWYG tab. Type some text, like: This is my output.

Now go to the source tab and you will see that alpha wrote the html for that, which will look like:

<p>This is my output</p>

Now, go back to the WYSIWYG. Highlight the text, and click the B on the toolbar to bold the text. Now, look at the source tab and you will see that alpha wrote something like:

<p><strong>This is my output</strong></p>

Basically, use the WYSIWYG to create various effects, like changing the font, font size, etc, and alpha will write the html for you. In this way, you can get a handle on the html needed to do just about whatever basic formatting you want.

Also, a great reference for html is online at www.w3schools.com

Gary

[crimmelcp]

Re: Format A5w code ??

I can format the HTML, but the text is comming from the table.
It reads the table and what ever is in the table it shows on the website.
I dont know how to format the text comming out of the table.

I dont want to use a component just the a5w page.

Thanks
Charlie Crimmel

[drgarytraub]

Re: Format A5w code ??

Charlie,

It does not matter where the data is coming from. You would still format it the same way.

So, for example:

Question:
Create a test table called header1
2 fields category c 20 and text memo 10
type in some test data

Open a new a5w page.
insert x-basic code
Insert this code between the <% %>
dim tbl1 as p
dim fldsc[1] as p
fldsc.initialize_from_table("PathAlias.ADB_Path]\header1.dbf")
dim category as c
dim message as c
category = alltrim(fldsc[1].category)
message = alltrim(fldsc[1].text)
?category
?message



You can do something like:

?category+"<br>"
?message

to put a line break.

or,

?"<strong>"+category+"</strong>"

to bold the contents of the category variable.