Re: RTF-to-ASCII Conversion

From: delphis96 (delphis96_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:43:23 -0700

I am working with a developer to create a document generating database. VB front end and Oracle back end. You guess correctly, we have Rich Text Boxes on the data input screens, where formatting is entered, and I am trying to figure out the easiest way of storing that in Oracle. I had looked at RTF-2-HTML converters, and someone suggested "Converting to ASCII" to store the information in Oracle. This didn't make sense to me, so I was asking how one could accomplish saving the text and formatting into Oracle.

Ultimately the Rich Text Boxes are used to populate a document in MS-Word which is then converted to .pdf. This is why the formatting is critical.

So, I want to make sure I am clear, your suggestion/solution is to store the RTF properties in Oracle. 

-- 
Regards,
JBM
"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" wrote:
> 
> "delphis96" <delphis96@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:342DD5AF-1776-4159-80EC-F12D3920144D@microsoft.com...
> 
> > If a RTF field is converted to ASCII text (in order to be stored in an
> > Oracle database), is formatting also saved in this string (i.e. bold,
> italic,
> > bullets, indent, etc.)?
> 
> Your question contradicts itself, sort of. For one thing, RTF itself is
> composed of nothing but ASCII characters, so I don't know exactly what you
> mean by "converted to ASCII text." For another, what most of us would think
> of when we hear "ASCII text" suggests NO formatting, so your question
> answers itself.
> 
> If you're using a Rich Text Box and you WANT to preserve the formatting, you
> need to save the TextRTF property to a character field on Oracle and then
> read that data back in to the same property. However, you didn't state that
> that's what you're using, so I'm having to make guesses.
> 
> 
>

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