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No Allow Some HTML Option On Text Formula Fields?

  • December 18, 2017
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I don't see the "Allow Some HTML" option on text formula fields.


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  • December 18, 2017
Apparently you have to use Formula Rich Text field now. I wonder of this change breaks existing text fields which had the Allow Some HTML option set ...

So over the weekend they introduced a new field type called Rich Text and formula Rich Text.  All the field which used to be formula text fields, but with HTML enabled check boxes are now Formula Rich text fields and that concept of a checkbox no longer exists.

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  • December 18, 2017
Very cool to finally get this field type ... until I found it broke my form rules to copy text into the new rich text fields. I assume QB will call this a bug.

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  • December 18, 2017
Mark would be correct with the release this weekend all existing Formula - Text fields did get converted over to the Rich Text field type and going forward Rich Text would be the option you would want for any Formula - Text fields that would have had HTML enabled.

In your instance David did it break a form rule to copy text into a rich text field or was it a form rule copying text out of a rich text field? If this behavior is persisting we would certainly love to know about it so that we can look into it, since this was a significant change we are trying to find any issues or bugs that may have come up with the field type being opened up. 

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  • December 19, 2017
I'm coming out a month plus hiatus from the community...

Try to set up the IOL with a formula text box, without the html.
During the beta of this I brought up that it causes errors and will break many apps that use this and other variable onload techniques. 

They said they would address that prior to release.  

Doesn't look like they did.

Say you want to make a new button formula text that appears on all records...  YOU CAN"T.

Every release I'm more and more confident that the developers don't test or use quick base.