Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: Text

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Component: Text

Functions for working with text.

Item	Details
Text.AddLineNumbers Adds line numbers to text.	All 8.3
Text.AppendTextFile You have to decide which encoding to use (if not native). We support a few encodings, but we can add more if you need something special.	All 2.8
Text.CapitalCase Converts text to capital case letters.	All 5.1
Text.Character Creates a character with given number.	All 5.2
Text.Characters Returns the character codes.	All 5.2
Text.Code Queries the number of a character.	All 5.2
Text.ConvertFromTextEncoding Converts text from a text encoding.	All 9.4
Text.ConvertToTextEncoding Converts text into a text encoding.	All 9.4
Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition Converts text by applying unicode character normalization.	All 5.2
Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition Converts text by applying unicode character normalization.	All 5.2
Text.CountWords Counts words.	All 8.1
Text.DecodeBytesFromBase64 Decodes base64 string and encodes it as byte values.	All 3.0
Text.DecodeFromBase64 Decode a base 64 string.	All 3.0
Text.DecodeFromBase64URL Decode a base 64 URL string.	All 7.5
Text.DecodeFromBytes Decode a byte string.	All 3.0
Text.DecodeFromHTML Decodes html text.	All 2.4
Text.DecodeFromHex Decode a hex string.	All 2.4
Text.DecodeFromQuotedPrintable Decodes a string with quoted printable encoding.	All 4.3
Text.DecodeFromURL Decode an URL string.	All 2.6
Text.DecodeFromXML Decodes xml text.	All 4.3
Text.DecodeHexFromBase64 Decodes base64 string and encodes it as hex values.	All 3.0
Text.DecodeIMAPFolderName Decodes text from IMAP UTF-7.	All 9.2
Text.DecodeURLComponent Decodes an URL component.	All 3.1
Text.Deserialize Restores a styled text.	All 5.4
Text.EncodeBytesToBase64 Encodes string with byte values to base 64.	All 3.0
Text.EncodeEmailSubject Encodes an email subject.	All 4.3
Text.EncodeHexToBase64 Encodes hex string to base 64.	All 3.0
Text.EncodeToBase64 Encode a base64 string.	All 3.0
Text.EncodeToBase64URL Encode a base64 URL string.	All 7.5
Text.EncodeToBytes Encode a byte string.	All 3.0
Text.EncodeToHTML Encodes text as html.	All 2.4
Text.EncodeToHex Encode a hex string.	All 2.4
Text.EncodeToQuotedPrintable Returns a string with quoted printable characters.	All 4.3
Text.EncodeToURL Encode an URL string.	All 2.6
Text.EncodeToXML Encodes text as xml.	All 4.3
Text.EncodeURLComponent Encodes an URL component.	All 3.1
Text.FileExtensionToMimeType Finds a mime type for a file extension.	All 5.4
Text.FilterASCII Filters text to ASCII.	All 10.4
Text.FilterUTF16 Filters text to UTF-16.	All 9.3
Text.FindBetween Searches text for text between the two search strings.	All 3.0
Text.InvalidCharactersForEncoding Checks the text to return all characters which are not preserved when converting text to given text encoding.	All 5.2
Text.JaroWinklerDistance Calculates the string distance.	All 2.9
Text.Length Query length of text.	All 7.2
Text.LevenshteinDistance Calculates the string distance.	All 2.9
Text.ListWords Split words and list them.	All 8.1
Text.LowerCase Converts text to lower case letters.	All 5.1
Text.MergeFields Merge field and variable names into text.	All 8.5
Text.MimeTypeToFileExtension Returns file extension for given mime type.	All 5.4
Text.ReadEMLXFile Reads email text from emlx file.	All 5.3
Text.ReadTextFile Reads a text file.	All 2.4
Text.ReadTextFromContainer Reads content of container value as text.	All 4.4
Text.RedefineEncoding Takes a text in a given encoding and reencodes it with other encoding.	All 5.2
Text.RemoveAccents Returns text without accents.	All 2.1
Text.RemoveAccentsCaseInsensitive Returns text without accents.	All 2.1
Text.RemoveControlCharacters Removes control characters.	All 5.1
Text.RemoveNewLine Removes newline characters from string.	All 2.4
Text.RemovePostfix Removes the postfix from text.	All 6.1
Text.RemovePrefix Removes the prefix from text.	All 6.1
Text.ReplaceAll Find & Replace all occurrences of a text.	All 7.3
Text.ReplaceNewline Replaces newline characters.	All 2.4
Text.Serialize Serializes styled text as text.	All 5.4
Text.SoundEx Returns soundex string for the given text.	All 2.1
Text.SoundExGerman Returns soundex string for the given text.	All 3.5
Text.Styles Queries style information as JSON.	All 9.3
Text.TextToHTML Creates HTML text for a given FileMaker formatted styled text.	All 4.3
Text.TextToRTF Creates RTF text for a given FileMaker formatted styled text.	All 2.4
Text.Trim Trims whitespace on the left and right side.	All 8.2
Text.UpperCase Converts text to upper case letters.	All 5.1
Text.WriteTextFile Writes a text file with the given text.	All 2.4
Text.WriteToContainer Write a text as a FILE in a container.	All 4.4

70 functions.

Release notes

Version 10.5
- Added more TextView functions: TextView.GetSelectedStyledText, TextView.SetSelectedStyledText, TextView.GetSelectedHTMLText, TextView.SetSelectedHTMLText, TextView.GetSelectedRTF, TextView.SetSelectedRTF, TextView.GetSelectedPlainText, TextView.SetSelectedPlainText, TextView.GetSelectionStart, TextView.SetSelectionStart, TextView.GetSelectionLength, TextView.SetSelectionLength, and TextView.SetSelection.
- Changed TextView functions to disable syntax colorizing for them.
Version 10.4
- Added Text.FilterASCII function.
Version 10.3
- Added new prefix parameter for Text.AddLineNumbers function.
- Fixed Text.EncodeToHTML to handle single apostrophes correctly.
Version 10.1
- Fixed bug with Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition function not working for all characters.
Version 9.5
- Added more encodings for iOS for Text.ConvertToTextEncoding and Text.ConvertFromTextEncoding functions.
Version 9.4
- Added Text.ConvertToTextEncoding and Text.ConvertFromTextEncoding functions.
Version 9.3
- Added Text.FilterUTF16 function.
- Added Text.Styles function.
- Fixed bug in Text.DecodeFromBytes function.
Version 9.2
- Added TextView functions to have our own text control for Mac, iOS and Windows.
- Added Text.DecodeIMAPFolderName function.
Version 9.0
- Fixed problem with Text.MergeFields not finding variable always.
Version 8.5
- Added Text.MergeFields function.
- Improved Text.RemoveAccents to include greece characters.
Version 8.4
- Added new mode to Text.EncodeToHTML to encode all characters.
Version 8.3
- Added Text.AddLineNumbers function.
- Fixed a problem with Text.ReplaceAll causing freeze with empty string to search.
- Fixed Text.Speak to properly stop on Windows if called with no text.
- Renamed Text.Speak functions to Speech functions.
Version 8.2
- Added Text.Trim function.
- Improved Text.RemoveAccents function.
Version 8.1
- Added Text.ListWords, List.CountValues and Text.CountWords functions.
- Changed Text.FileExtensionToMimeType to prefer our table in the plugin to not report wrong type if your desktop database on Mac is broken.
Version 7.5
- Added Text.IsSpeaking function.
- Fixed a bug with Wait = 0 for Text.Speak on Windows.
Version 7.4
- Added option in Text.TextToHTML to keep links in html.
Version 7.3
- Added Text.ReplaceAll function.
- Added Text.Speak and Text.Speak.AvailableVoices for iOS.
Version 7.2
- Added more parameter for Text.EncodeToHTML to decide how to encode entities.
- Added Text.WriteTextFile support for UTF-16 writing.
- Added Volume and Rate parameters to Text.Speak function.
- Fixed problem in Text.EncodeToHTML where it did not ignore low ascii characters.

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