IdeaJam(tm) : Allow 'import' of HTML into RTF in the backend

Domino Designer / : Allow 'import' of HTML into RTF in the backend

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:20:43 +0000

Author: Theo Heselmans
Tags: HTML lotusscript RTF
Idea:

Currently you can only 'import' HTML data in the UI (using uidoc.import). I often generate HTML, that I want to put into Rich Text fields. It allows for a lot more flexibility than using the standard RT methods.

re: Allow 'import' of HTML into RTF in the backend

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:51:01 +0000

Author: Dan King
Comment: It's not pure html, but dxl is used for exactly this. As you say you're generating the html, why not just generate dxl and import that - it's not vastly different, and gives you all the control over the styles that you need.
Dan

re: Allow 'import' of HTML into RTF in the backend

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:16:15 +0000

Author: Ben Langhinrichs
Comment: I agree this should be a native method. In the meantime, for what it's worth, our Midas Rich Text LSX does allow you to import HTML into rich text, and with a great deal more fidelity and control than the native method. It is completely backend, using our own engine, so you can do it from a servre, scheduled agent, or whatever. See { Link }

re: Allow 'import' of HTML into RTF in the backend

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:52:46 +0000

Author: Dan King
Comment: I've actually just used NotesMIMEEntity in Lotusscript to import pure html into a rich text field on a document.

Of course, then you've got to worry about CSS and what Notes can render properly, but that's a different story