Re: Using a RVE MEMO SmartTag form

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Jim Maguire

Posted: 06/21/2005 17:37:21

My other approach was to allow the user to type directly into the form

field. This seems to leave the field tag intact. The field is in a table

cell, so maybe I can just get all the cell contents?

Is this a better approach?

"Jim Maguire" <jimmaguire@cox.net> wrote in message

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> I've got my smarttag form's working with field merging (including Blob

> fields) and also now reading the form contents back in and storing to DB.

> My problem is with smarttag Memo fields.

> HOW CAN I JUST REPLACE THE FORM FIELD ITEM WITH THE RVF FROM THE smarttag

> MEMO form?

> I'm using the smarttag feature to get user data for each form field. I've

> used your example and have a separate form for numeric, calendar, and text

> data. My problem is that one of the fields on the form is a Notes field

> that allows multiple line input. All the other smart tag forms call a

> Change... routine that turn off protection, replace the text and

> re-protect, like this:

> RVStyle1.TextStyles[2].Protection :=

> RVStyle1.TextStyles[2].Protection-[rvprModifyProtect];

> rve1.SetCurrentItemText(Value);

> RVStyle1.TextStyles[2].Protection :=

> RVStyle1.TextStyles[2].Protection+[rvprModifyProtect];

> Works fine. My Smart Tag MemoForm contains a TRichViewEdit control where

> user enters memo text. When they click OK, it calls the ChangeMemo

> routine in my editor. I now just want to transfer the contents to the

> form field in the Editor.

> I think I'm over my head here because I can't just do a

> SetCurrentItemText(Value) (unless there's a way to convert RVE to text?),

> so I tried the following (RVEForm is my smart tag memo form containing

> rve1):

> RVEForm.rve1.SaveRVFToStream(Stream, False); //save memo form's rvf to

> stream

> Stream.Position := 0;

> //I've saved the RVData and ItemIndex of the table cell containing the

> memo form field:

> FDestRVData.InsertRVFFromStream(Stream, ItemIndex, Dummy1, Dummy2, Dummy3,

> False);

> I tried following this with a format, but what I get is the entire field

> and tag is replaced.

> HOW CAN I JUST REPLACE THE FORM FIELD ITEM WITH THE RVF FROM THE smarttag

> MEMO form?

> Is it possible for you to enhance your smarttag merge example with a popup

> that contains another RVE control?