[Gambas-user] TextArea automatic CRLF

[mikeB]

eGreetings,
That (your -Rolf- example) is EXACTLY what I needed; therefore,
this "problem" has been solved in short order ;-)

Thank you so much for your reply and guidance.
have a GREAT day,
mikeB


On 11/22/2017 12:35 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> Am 21.11.2017 18:55, schrieb mikeB:
>> eGreetings to the World of Gambas,
>>
>> Am in the process of developing a 'newsletter email sender'
>> using the SMTP component - with a TextArea field as the
>> message editor. Going to be used to send out a 'what's new'
>> opted-in mailing list to my clients.
>>
>> I realize there are lots of this type software on the iNet
>> (i.e. Mail Monkey) but I don't like the fact that my mailing
>> list would be stored on "the cloud" - a security thing.
>>
>> What I am trying to do is code it so that if a line is say
>> 80 chars long then it automatically inserts a carriage return/
>> next line function (i.e. chr(13) & chr(10) ? ) so that "what
>> you see is what you get" instead on the line just going on
>> forever - making the email message look tacky...
>>
>> I've been playing around with the "change" "wrap" and "line"
>> functions but can't seem to find a way to do this OTHER THEN
>> actually pressing the 'ENTER' key at the end of each line
>> (which seems to work - via my testing).
>>
>> I'm missing something - most likely simple - but if anyone knows
>> and has a few minutes to advise me what to look at - I'd GREATLY
>> APPRECIATE your mentor-ship ;-)
>>
>> Have a GREAT day,
>> mikeB
>>
>>
> 
> Moin,
> 
> First advice: Use String.Len() (not Len) to measure the length of strings.
> 
> Second: In Linux, it is LF only, and as far as I understand, Windows 
> seems to at least accept this too, meanwhile.
> 
> Then I send you a project of mine. It is a tool our students use to 
> learn typewriting. There is a TextArea, and you can see how I managed to 
> make it behave like a typewriter. Take a look at TextArea_KeyPress
> 
> This is not precisely what you are looking for, but maybe it can inspire 
> your code.
> 
> Regards
> Rolf
> 
> 
> 
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