Re: Inserting Hyperlinks for .rtf

[Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from Jon P  Wed, 23 May 2012
13:47:57 -0700 (PDT)

Jon:

> I need to insert hyperlinks in what is going to become an .rtf
> document.

Hmmm, this is tricky. A filter won't work, because there's no *native*
way to embed a hyperlink in XyWrite. (U2 enables "Xyperlinks", but
that's a different story.) Thus there's no recognizable input for a
filter to convert.

You could try putting the minimal RTF markup for a hyperlink, which
would be this (using your example):

{\field{\*\fldinst HYPERLINK "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNPXpe
hoCM"}{\fldrslt "Stupid Girl"}}

(Be sure to delete any internal carriage return(s) in the above.)

I'm have no confidence that this will work when you run it through
your e-mail converter, however. A well-designed conversion program
should treat that code as literal text, not as RTF markup, meaning
that it will NOT display and function as a hyperlink in the RTF file
that emerges at the other end. But you never know; it's worth a try.

On the off-chance that it does work, you could store the RTF markup in
Save/Gets to avoid typing it out every time. That's the least of the
problem.

I can't shake the image of the villain Word tying down the maiden
XyWrite as the steaming locomotive barrels down the track. Is there a
Dudley Do-Right out there who can come to the rescue? I'm afraid it's
not me.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx