Use the RichText Control Sample

File: ...\Samples\Solution\OLE\Rtf.scx

This sample illustrates using a RichText control to display and edit RTF text stored in the memo field of a table.

You can set the ControlSource of a RichText control directly to a character field, but not a memo field. Instead, create a form property to mediate between the RichText control and the memo field.

To store RTF text in a memo field

  1. Set the ControlSource property of the RichText control to the form property.

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    THISFORM.oleRTF.ControlSource = THISFORM.cText

  2. Store the memo field contents to the form property.

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    THISFORM.cText = rtf.source

  3. Before moving the record pointer, store the TextRTF property of the RichText control to the memo field.

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    REPLACE rtf.Source WITH THISFORM.oleRTF.TextRTF

The text stored in the memo file is standard RTF format, for example:

{\rtf1\ansi\deff0\deftab720{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss MS Sans Serif;}{\f1\froman\fcharset2 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss Arial;}{\f3\fswiss Arial;}} {\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red255\green0\blue0;} \deflang1033\pard\qc\plain\f3\fs32\i The RichTextBox Control \par \pard\plain\f3\fs20

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