Lotus Notes Agent creates a memo and appends richtext to richtext to plain text for memo
1. User opens a new request and adds text to a richtext description field and submits request.
2. Mail routing occurs with the description field in the body of the memo.
3. On doc submission, an agent runs to create memo and append richtext.
4. The first line is predetermined plain text.
5. The next lines include the richtext description field entered by user.
6. The last line appends more predetermined plain text to that richtext.
Problem is formatting when user adds bullets or numbering. The memo displays the 1st and last text lines ok, but places the richtext bulleted text left of the screen as follows:
line 1: Description plain text:
This is the richtext user adds to description field with bullests.
aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccccccc
1. kljasf;jas;d - bullets or numbering formats left of screen.
2. adl;jdflasjf;
last line: Please click link to review your request:
2. Mail routing occurs with the description field in the body of the memo.
3. On doc submission, an agent runs to create memo and append richtext.
4. The first line is predetermined plain text.
5. The next lines include the richtext description field entered by user.
6. The last line appends more predetermined plain text to that richtext.
Problem is formatting when user adds bullets or numbering. The memo displays the 1st and last text lines ok, but places the richtext bulleted text left of the screen as follows:
line 1: Description plain text:
This is the richtext user adds to description field with bullests.
aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccccccc
1. kljasf;jas;d - bullets or numbering formats left of screen.
2. adl;jdflasjf;
last line: Please click link to review your request:
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Dim rtitem As NotesRichTextItem
Dim item As NotesItem
' Dim rtitem2 As NotesItem
Dim rtitem2 As NotesRichTextItem
....
...
Set richstyle = session.CreateRichTextStyle
Set rtitem = New NotesRichTextItem( newDoc , "Body" )
richstyle.NotesColor = COLOR_DARK_BLUE
richStyle.FontSize = 10
richStyle.Bold = True
Call rtitem.AppendStyle(richstyle)
Call rtitem.AddNewLine( 1 )
richstyle.NotesColor = COLOR_DARK_MAGENTA
richStyle.Italic = True
Call rtitem.AppendStyle(richstyle)
Call rtitem.AppendText(" line 1: Description plain text")
Call rtitem.AddNewLine( 2 )
' Call rtitem.AddTab( 1 )
richstyle.NotesColor = COLOR_BLACK
richStyle.FontSize = 9
richStyle.Bold = True
richStyle.Italic = False
Call rtitem.AppendStyle(richstyle)
Set rtitem2 = doc.getfirstitem("Description")
Call rtitem.AppendRTItem(rtitem2)
richStyle.Italic = False
Call rtitem.AddNewLine(2)
richstyle.NotesColor = COLOR_DARK_BLUE
richStyle.FontSize = 10
richStyle.Bold = True
Call rtitem.AppendStyle(richstyle)
Call rtitem.AddNewLine(2)
Call rtitem.AppendText("last line: Please click link to review your request:")
Call rtitem.AppendDocLink( docnew , db.Title)
newDoc.Subject = ("Action required" )
Call rtitem.AddNewLine(1)
newDoc.SendTo = doc.dev
newDoc.CopyTo = doc.plan
newDoc.Send( False )
Ignore the first line of my post.
This is how it works:
Dim s As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim rt As NotesRichTextItem
Dim rts As NotesrichTextParagraphStyle
Set db = s.Currentdatabase
Set doc = New NotesDocument(db)
Call doc.AppendItemValue("From", s.Username)
Call doc.AppendItemValue("Subject", "Test paragraph style")
Set rts = s.CreateRichTextParagraphStyle
Set rt = New NotesRichTextItem(doc, "Body")
rts.LeftMargin = 2 * 567 '2cm
Call rt.AppendParagraphStyle(rts)
Call rt.AppendText("New indent starts here")
Call rt.AddNewLine(1)
Call rt.AppendText ("what happens here")
Call doc.Save(True, False)
ASKER
mbonaci,
Thanks for the example!
after the subject line, I need to append text to the Body.
2nd need to append richtext Description field to that,
3rd need to append text to it.
trying to get the order right. Do I use the rts.leftmargin setting after the 1st line of text before I append the richtext description field> At the end of say line 19 after the text, do i do something like this:
Set rt = New NotesRichTextItem(doc, "Description")
Call rt.AppendParagraphStyle(rt
then go back to appending text with Call rt.AppendText("this is text")
thx
Thanks for the example!
after the subject line, I need to append text to the Body.
2nd need to append richtext Description field to that,
3rd need to append text to it.
trying to get the order right. Do I use the rts.leftmargin setting after the 1st line of text before I append the richtext description field> At the end of say line 19 after the text, do i do something like this:
Set rt = New NotesRichTextItem(doc, "Description")
Call rt.AppendParagraphStyle(rt
then go back to appending text with Call rt.AppendText("this is text")
thx
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Look at RichTextParagraphStyle class.
Properties LeftMargin and RightMargin.