Text editing through paragraph

**nirus** · 02-16-2005

While I love the paragraph object, I am unable to select its text and copy it to the clipboard.

I want to load a file to an object and be able to select its text. The only solution I have found to this is to dynamicly create a web page from the file Code looks like this:

Code:

<textarea style="width:100%; height:100%>"..MyFile.."</textarea>

Now this is ugly because it embeds an html doc with scroll bars(disabled) and then the texarea also gets scroll bars.
I messed around with the textbox object but I can not get it to write out the new lines with \r\n.
I would much rather use paragraph because it looks awesome!!
Any ideas or inputs for me?

-Nirus

**Corey** · 02-16-2005

HI. Whenever I include "selectable" text in an application I tend to do so using an input object. Hope that helps...

**nirus** · 02-16-2005

Only problem with the input box, I am having trouble readin and existing file to it. I am having problems parsing new lines to \r\n. Not only that but I would like to make a a syntaxt highlighter for files containing code. That kinda limits the input ox I think. I should have mentioned that

-Nirus

**Leko** · 02-16-2005

Have you tried loading the text to a variable and then using the lable, or whatever other object your are using, with that variable?

**nirus** · 02-16-2005

Here is my solution for now. But it looks bad with all the scrollbars. I only want 1. This also gives limitation because it is in a web object.

Code:

SelectedFile = ListBox.GetSelected("sourcebox");
if(SelectedFile)then
	local strFolderName = "";
	local strText = ListBox.GetItemText("sourcebox", SelectedFile[1]);
	local strPath = ListBox.GetItemData("sourcebox", SelectedFile[1]);
	strcode = TextFile.ReadToString(strPath);
	strcode = "<html><head></head><body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 rightmargin=0 bottommargin=0><textarea style=\"width:100%; height:98%; background-color:#E3E3E3; color:#008000;\">"..strcode.."</textarea></body></html>";

TextFile.WriteFromString("AutoPlay\\Docs\\koad.html", strcode, false);
Web.LoadURL("filecode", "AutoPlay\\Docs\\koad.html");
end

Have you tried loading the text to a variable and then using the lable, or whatever other object your are using, with that variable?

I think what you mean here is just getting the text to display on the object. Yes I can get the text to go where I want but I can not select it unless it is in an inputbox. With input boxes, I can not seem to parse the string to make new lines into \r\n

-Brent

**JimS** · 02-16-2005

If I understand your question correctly, then Brett has built a great example that shows you exactly how to do what you're after.

Check it out

http://www.indigorose.com/forums/sho...le+text+editor

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