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RichText.ReplaceTexts
Replaces text in current rich text document with new text.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| RichText | 6.4 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "RichText.ReplaceTexts"; SearchTextList; NewTextList { ; Multiple } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SearchTextList | The list of texts to search. Search is case insensitive. | "$FirstName" | |
| NewTextList | The list of new text to use as replacement. Can be empty. | "Christian" | |
| Multiple | Optional, Pass 1 to replace all occurrences. Default is 0 to replace the first one found. | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Replaces text in current rich text document with new text.While RichText.ReplaceText replaces just one value, this function can replace a list of value.
This can be used to load Word file (DOC, RTF, DOCX), replace place holders with values for client and save a personalized copy.
Examples
Replaces text to test function:
Let ( [
r1 = MBS( "RichText.ReadText"; "Hello World. Greetings from FileMaker."; "UTF-8" );
r2 = MBS( "RichText.ReplaceTexts"; "Hello¶World¶from¶FileMaker¶Greetings"; "Hallo¶Leute¶aus¶FileMaker!¶Grüße"; 0 );
r = MBS( "RichText.Text" );
r3 = MBS( "RichText.Clear" )
];r )
See also
This function is free to use.
Created 25th September 2016, last changed 25th September 2016
