[mapguide-users] Label Expressions - replaceall

[GordonL]

Hi Zac,
where you replaced the linefeeds, did you do something like this?

Translate(MYFIELD, chr(12), '\n')

Do you know how to pass ASCII in the Expression for the tool tip?

thanks
gordon



zspitzer wrote:
> 
> that's really terribly explained, when I first saw "from-characterset"
> with translate, I thought it was
> something to do with code pages!
> 
> Translate( <text property >, <from-characterset >, <to-characterset >)
> 
> Would make more sense to humans as
> 
> Translate( <text property >, <from-string>, <to-string>)
> 
> I would like to see a fourth parameter, <repeat> 1 being the default,
> 0 all or x number of times
> 
> z
> 
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Zac Spitzer <zac.spitzer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> ah, yep, strange name, that's why I missed it...
>>
>> turns out there's a bit more logic required to split a name nicely
>>
>> z
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Jackie C. Ng <jumpinjackie at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> FDO has the expression function Translate( <text property >,
>>> <from-characterset >, <to-characterset > )
>>>
>>> Is this available in mapguide?
>>>
>>> - Jackie
>>>
>>>
>>> zspitzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there an expression with mapguide which can be used to do a replace
>>>> all?
>>>>
>>>> I want to replace all newlines in a label with '\n' to split the words
>>>> over multiple lines
>>>>
>>>> I couldn't see anything in studio
>>>>
>>>> z
>>>>
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