Formula function for escaping text in html?
Hi all,
We are taking some input from users as plain text. I'd like to use a formula rich text to style it up a bit.
However, concatenating plain text into HTML requires replacing angle brackets < and > with
I can do this myself with multiple calls to SearchAndReplace. However I was wondering if Quickbase would consider providing a function called "Escape" that would handle all of this in one go.
It would be especially great if links and email addresses could automatically become
Has anybody else dealt with this?
Thanks.
We are taking some input from users as plain text. I'd like to use a formula rich text to style it up a bit.
However, concatenating plain text into HTML requires replacing angle brackets < and > with
< and > and ampersands & with &.I can do this myself with multiple calls to SearchAndReplace. However I was wondering if Quickbase would consider providing a function called "Escape" that would handle all of this in one go.
It would be especially great if links and email addresses could automatically become
<a> tags, the way they do when you look at a plain text field normally. When concatenating these into the rich text, they don't automatically parse as links.Has anybody else dealt with this?
Thanks.