In reading more about Excerpts:
http://sphinxsearch.com/wiki/doku.php?id=php_api_docs#buildexcerpts_documents_index_words_options
I am still unclear if the inserted tags are internally used by sphinx to format the final display text or if they actually added to the mysql:
before_match is a string to insert before each set of matching words. The default is '<b>'.
In other words if I changed the string to some non display htlm e.g. <!-- START --> for before_match and <!-- END --> for after_match I could then search on those in mysql or is the search still just a zone inside the index?
No, buildExerpts does not touch the database at all. It does not even change the sphinx index either.
You simply pass it a block of text (or multiple) and a text query. And then it forms a new block of text for each, highlighting the provided terms. The new block(s) of text are provided by return.
... if you want to do something with that block of text (so can search it otherwise!) would then have save it somewhere for example.
(the 'inserted tags' you talk about, are just added in the new block of text, which is generally considered to be HTML, so would then just be displayed to the end user)
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Is there a way to take a value from a field on a form and use it as a reference to a different field in the same form, and not just literally? I want to be able to manually enter something like [txtFlavor] in one field and have it show the actual flavor, the value of the field named "txtFlavor" in another field, and not just the string "[txtFlavor]". I'm basically trying to store some vba references (terminology?) in a table so I can bring up a string of text with references to values on the form.
I have been asked to create a system that will store letter templates in Access 2010 and allow users to choose a record with personal information and insert that info into a template letter, preferably displaying it on a form immediately in plain text. I already proposed using reports to do this but that was unacceptable to the end users. They really just want a form that combines
a) contact records, one at a time
with
b) letter templates, one at a time
I've been trying to store the template info with it's form references in a table, but I have yet to be able to make references pull data from another text field on the form.
Is it possible and/or sensible to try to store something like the following in a table, or to enter it into a field on a form?
[txtFlavor] & " is dull but popular."
and then have it show up elsewhere in the form as
Vanilla is dull but popular.
I sure feel dumb and am sure I've missed something obvious. Everything I do is just repeated literally and not interpreted as a reference.
You could get your users to create their templates using 'tags' as placeholders for the database information, in a similar way to how you would design a merge document in Word. So in your example above, the template document would look like:
{Flavor} is dull but popular.
When it comes time to create the merged result you would need to use the Replace function to change these tags to actual data values. So if you had a read-only text box on your form, the control source could be:
=Replace([txtTemplate], "{Flavor}", [Flavor])
I assume you would have lots of potential tags, so using this approach you would need to nest the Replace functions. I have split my nesting across multiple lines to make it a bit more readable:
=Replace(
Replace(
Replace([txtTemplate], "{EmpName}", [EmpName]),
"{EmpAddress}", [EmpAddress]),
"{EmpPhone}", [EmpPhone])
If you had many more database fields/tags this would start to become very unwieldy so I would recommend using some VBA to make life easier, maybe something along the lines of:
Dim rsSource As Recordset
Dim strMerge As String
Dim intField As Integer
'Assuming your form has a field called EmpNo (numeric data) that you can use to pull data...
Set rsSource = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset ("Select EmpName, EmpAddress, EmpPhone From Employees Where EmpNo = " & Me.EmpNo)
strMerge = txtTemplate
For intField = 0 to rsSource.Fields.Count - 1
strMerge = Replace(strMerge, "{" & rsSource(intField).Name & "}", rsSource(intField))
Next intField
txtMerge = strMerge
rsSource.Close
Set rsSource = Nothing
You could put this code in the AfterUpdate event of your txtTemplate text box and it would update the contents of the txtMerge text box. You either need your tag names to match your database columns, or else you could alias the columns in the Select statement so they match the tag names.
Need to create a <select> element where each of the options is written in a different language.
I've tried using the "lng" tag for the <option> but it's not helping.
The drop-down is generated from a call to the DB. Each <option> needs to have the following format:
Language Name (in English) followed by the original language name in parentheses.
For example:
<option>Spanish (Español)</option>
Everything is fine and dandy until I get to foreign character sets, which don't display:
<option>Akan (Twi)</option>
<option>Amharic (????)</option>
<option>Arabic (????????????)</option>
<option>Bengali (?????)</option>
<option>Chinese (????)</option>
Does anyone know how to create a drop-down containing multiple character sets?
I solved this by changing the parameters of the DB connection string. I added ";charset=utf8".
However, that scrambled many of my other pages so I now have a separate DB connection string just for the page that I need this multi-language drop down on.
You can see the results here http://udhr.video.
Is there a way to store additional data for a paragraph, that would be persisted after user opens and saves a document in MS Word.
Ive been using CusotmXML for this, but it turns out that this is no logner possible due to the fact that MS-Word strips all CusotmXML elements from the document structure.
Every single paragraph or a table has an ID that I would like to "pair back" to my data-source.
So later when I read the docx again I can identify origins of every unchanged paragraph/table in the document.
A possibility would be to insert a SET field. This creates a bookmark in the document to which you can assign information. There's no way to protect it from the user removing it, however. A DATA field might also be a possibility.
Unlike "vanish" (which I believe is equivalent to "hidden" font format) the information would not display if the user is in the habit of displaying non-printing information. It will display, however, if the user toggles on field codes (Alt+F9).
You can have a divId on a paragraph, and in xmlns:w14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordml" there are attributes w14:textId and w14:paraId.
For example:
<w:p w14:textId="81a184ad" w14:paraId="81a184ad" >
<w:pPr>
<w:divId w:val="124349312"/>
See [MS-Docx] for details.
Alternatively, have a look at content controls, which you can wrap around paragraphs and tables (or put inside them). These have an ID property; they also let you store arbitrary text in their tag property. The string is limited in length to something like 120 chars.
A rather noddy solution, but have you cosidered using a custom run for your data and hiding it from displaying using Vanish
<w:rPr>
<w:vanish />
</w:rPr>
Adding vanish to run properties will hide the run from displaying and you might use this to store custom data with out affecting the output of the document.
I'm probably biting off more than I can chew with this particular problem, but I'll try to be as specific as possible in case it's within my scope. Disclaimer: I'm not terribly experienced with MS Word, beyond simple data entry/some formatting, and I have absolutely zero experience working with macros or VBasic. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the solution to my problem will come in the form of one of those last two.
THE GOAL:
What I want to do is to have placeholder text throughout my template document that will change content but not formatting when the first instance of it is changed. Basically, I'm writing a template for support manuals for a software suite. Each app has certain similar features like the menu bar, data entry screen, diagnostic log screen, transaction history, etc., so I am pre-writing those sections and using placeholders when I need to insert certain app specific properties.
I started off using the Insert->Quick Parts->Document Property->Subject tool which I used as a placeholder for the app name. I set the Property to [Subject] and then used Insert->Quick Parts->Field->Subject throughout the document, wherever I needed to include the app name. This worked fine in this case because the app name will always be capitalized. I simply change the text in the first [Subject] (which is content controlled) and update the fields throughout the document, and they all match nicely, easy-peasy, work done, go home and drink beer, right?
Not quite.
Our software handles part tracking via scanners and SQL Server, so while the interface and menu in the apps remains largely unchanged, the parts they track change from app to app. Because of this, I need to change the part name when I reference it within the text of the manuals; for example, if I'm working in ToiletPap.app and our TP is tracked by the roll, I need every mention of [Component] to be changed to roll. If I'm working in LightBulbs.app, I need [Component] to say bulb.
My first efforts went toward creating a custom doc property called Component using the Advanced tab under the Document Properties dropmenu. I then created a plaintext content control around my first [Component] titled Component and made my next [Component] a field with modified code: {COMPONENT * MERGEFORMAT}. This comes from copying what I can find when [Subject] works. This didn't work at all; updating the text in the first CC doesn't change the Content doc prop, and my fields return "!Undefined Bookmark, COMPONENT".
I got close to what I need by using the [Comments] doc property, set initially to [Component]. I used it just like [Subject], but (this is when I realized that capitalization was going to be an issue) when I mention my [component] in-text, as often as not, I need to to be lowercase instead of upper.
I've looked on MS's forums and a few others as well as here on SO, and I can't find anyone who's trying to do the same thing, much less an answer to how. Please keep in mind when answering, it would be a great help to me if you would include step-by-step instructions on how to enter/implement the code you provide because, as I mentioned, I have no idea how to go about editing macros/VBasic for MS Word.
To restate and summarize my overall question: How can I use a placeholder that displays the text "[Component]" so that, when I change the first instance of [Component] to something else, say "hopper", every subsequent instance of [Component] is updated to hopper but maintains its current capitalization and formatting scheme?
Apologies for the length of the request, but I wanted to make sure I explained the situation as accurately as possible. Thanks in advance for your consideration and responses.
I managed to solve this one after a couple extra hours of tinkering. I didn't need macros or VBasic, either.
On the first instance of [component] I created a plain-text content control to act as a container (not a necessity, but it makes it look nicer. Will likely cause a problem eventually, but for now, it's working as intended) and bookmarked it. Then, for all other instances of [container] I selected each and used Insert->Quick Parts->Field->Ref with the following field code:
REF Text1 \*Lower
Where "Text1" is my bookmark and "*Lower" indicates all lower case. The *Lower can be replaced with *Upper or *FirstCap to indicate all upper case or capitalize the first letter respectively. Now, each field reflects the text of the first with the capitalization appropriate to each field's location within the document. Just like using the doc prop with [Subject], ^a -> f9 is needed to update all fields within the document.
When using the Add or Edit form from the pager I'm wondering how a simple static label can be added in the form without it creating any additional columns in it's affect on colNames[]'s and colModel[]'s. For example I have a quite simple typical Add form which opens from the pager containing a few label's and form elements: Name, Email, Web Site, etc., and then the lower section of the form has a few drop down menus containing the number 1 through 10 with the idea being to ask the user to pick a value between 1 and 10 to put a value on the importance to them about the product or service which is listed beside it. Just above this section I want to add some text only to give a brief instruction asking the user to "Choose the importance of the following products and services using the scale: [1=Low interest --- 10=Very high interest]". I cannot figure out how to get a text label inserted in the form without having to define a column with a formoption{} etc which is not needed for just some descriptive text. I know about the "bottominfo: 'some text'" for adding text to the bottom of the form but I need to insert some text similar to that mid-way (or other positions) in the form without it affecting the tabular structure of the grid. Is this even possible? TIA.
You can modify Edit or Add forms inside of afterShowForm. The ids of the form fields are like "tr_Name". There consist from "tr_" prefix and the corresponding column name.
I modified the code example from my old answer so that in the Add dialod there exist an additional line with the bold text "Additional Information:". In the "Edit" dialog (like one want in the original question) the input field for one column is disabled. You can see the example live here. I hope that a working code example can say more as a lot of words.