Need help with spacing inside field

[George Loken]

Whenever I use a formattedtextfield or stringfield and enter data into it removes all the blank spaces

IE


1 2 3


Becomes

1 2 3

Is their an xml attribute I can set to keep the spaces?

Thanks

[Tenian]

If it's a formattedtext field you can format it using
<table>..</table>
The FGII wiki covers this.

String fields you can not format.

[George Loken]

if this is what you are refering to
https://oberoten.dyndns.org/fgwiki/index.php/Formatted_Text

I am still quite lost.

Inside the FG application when I use spacing even inside a formattedtextfield it never saves the blank spaces.

[Griogre]

That's correct. FG strips out spaces unless they are in a table. If you really want space like that you need to make a table in the XML file. That wiki article tells how to make a table. Here's an example with a header line in bold:


<table>
<tr decoration="underline">
<td colspan="2">
<b>Bolded Double Wide Header</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>Bold Column 2 Header</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>Bold Column 3 Header</b>
</td>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Row 1, Col 1 Wide</td>
<td>Row 1, Col 2</td>
<td>Row 1, Col 3</td>
</tr>
</table>


Be aware you can't make a table except in the XML file. It's not possible to make one in FG, you have to load the XML file into an editor and do it by hand.

[George Loken]

That is unfortunatley what I thought but just wanted to confirm so this can only be done behind the scenes (by the mod builder) and is something that is not availbe to the end user entering data into the FG application?

[Foen]

An end-user GM can also edit xml, you don't have to be a mod builder. That said, it is limited to folks who know/are comfortable with html.

Sorry I can't help further,

Foen

[Lithl]

Can the Lua edit the table? You could conceivably come up with a script that automatically turns input into a table if that's what you're looking for.

[Tenian]

Haha. Formattedtext is a blackhole of ruleset development. getValue() and setValue() do not exist.

There isn't even a library page on formattedtext :)

[George Loken]

An end-user GM can also edit xml, you don't have to be a mod builder. That said, it is limited to folks who know/are comfortable with html.

Sorry I can't help further,

Foen


How would they do this? Mannualy go into the data file and modify the .xml in the database file?

[Foen]

Yes, for active adventures db.xml contains the story information in formatted text fields (look for the encounters xml element). make sure you take a backup copy of db.xml before you muck around with it: losing your campaign is a horrible experience.

Foen

[George Loken]

Ok thats what I figured it might be fine for the games I run but likley not a good idea for my DM friend with no xml experience.