[AccessD] HTML Align

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Jul 23 13:40:05 CDT 2022


align is an attribute  not  a  tag.
It needs to be inside a tag such as a div, table cell etc. 
Use
<div align="center'>......</div> 
around the line(s) you want centered.


On 23 Jul 2022 at 9:48, John Colby wrote:

> I am attempting to get my HTML Formatter to do alignment tags.  It
> ain't werkin.  Of course I'm ignorant of HTML in general so that isn't
> surprising.  Can it be as simple as I thought and/or can anyone help
> me get it done?
> 
> I'm essentially trying to directly encase the string to be formatted
> with something like
> 
> mstrFormatted = "<align=" & strInteriorQuotes & "center" &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted & "</align>"
> 
> What I get displayed is:
> 
> <align="left">Subscribed : False</align>
> Where the string includes the tags at either end instead of the tags
> being interpreted and performing the align.
> 
> The full function is as follows:
> 
> Function FormatString()
>     mstrFormatted = mstrToFormat
>     Const strInteriorQuotes As String = """"
>     If mintStatus > 0 Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<Font Color=" & strInteriorQuotes &
> HTMLColour(mintStatus) & strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted
>         mstrFormattedClosingFontTag = mstrFormattedClosingFontTag &
> "</Font>"
>     Else
>         mstrFormatted = "<Font Color=" & strInteriorQuotes & mstrColor
>         &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted
>         mstrFormattedClosingFontTag = mstrFormattedClosingFontTag &
> "</Font>"
>     End If
>     '
>     'Get the three font pieces grouped
>     '
>     Dim mstrFormattedClosingFontTag As String
>     '
>     If mstrFace <> "" Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<Font Face=" & strInteriorQuotes & mstrFace &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted
>         mstrFormattedClosingFontTag = mstrFormattedClosingFontTag &
> "</Font>"
>     End If
>     If mintSize <> -1 Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<Font Size=" & CStr(mintSize) & ">" &
>         mstrFormatted mstrFormattedClosingFontTag =
>         mstrFormattedClosingFontTag &
> "</Font>"
>     End If
>     mstrFormatted = mstrFormatted & mstrFormattedClosingFontTag
>     If mblnBold Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<b>" & mstrFormatted & "</b>"
>     End If
>     If mblnItalics Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<i>" & mstrFormatted & "</i>"
>     End If
>     If mblnUnderline Then
>         mstrFormatted = "<u>" & mstrFormatted & "</u>"
>     End If
>     Select Case mintAlign
>         Case enumAlign.eCenter
>             mstrFormatted = "<align=" & strInteriorQuotes & "center" &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted & "</align>"
>         Case enumAlign.eLeft
>             mstrFormatted = "<align=" & strInteriorQuotes & "left" &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted & "</align>"
>         Case enumAlign.eRight
>             mstrFormatted = "<align=" & strInteriorQuotes & "right" &
> strInteriorQuotes & ">" & mstrFormatted & "</align>"
>     End Select
>     If mblnCRLF Then
>         mstrFormatted = mstrFormatted & "<br>"
>     End If
> 
> End Function
> 
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> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
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