Functions Reference

FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 255
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description
You can add multiple styles by using the + operator between style names. Negative values are not
valid. All styles will be removed, if the only style specified is Plain. Plain is ignored if mixed with other
styles. Styles are not case-sensitive and do not contain spaces.
Text formatting options will be lost if the field type that is returned is something other than text.
The styles that are available are:
• Plain
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• HighlightYellow
• Condense
• Extend
• Strikethrough
• SmallCaps
• Superscript
• Subscript
• Uppercase
• Lowercase
• Titlecase
• WordUnderline
• DoubleUnderline
• AllStyles (all available styles)
Note To format or change the case of text, use the Lower, Upper, or Proper function (see Text
functions).
Examples
TextStyleAdd(“Plaid”;Italic) returns the word Plaid in italics.
TextStyleAdd(FirstName;Bold+Underline) returns Sophie in bold, underlined text when
the FirstName field contains Sophie.
The following calculation removes all styles from the text, then italicizes the entire phrase.
TextStyleAdd(TextStyleAdd(FirstName;Plain);Italic)
The following calculation creates two descriptions of styles, then concatenates two phrases using
these styles. Using the
Let function is an effective way to avoid creating a long and complex
TextStyleAdd statement.
Let([TitleStyle=Smallcaps+Titlecase;BodyStyle=Plain];
TextStyleAdd(titleField;titleStyle)&"¶¶" &
TextStyleAdd(bodyField;BodyStyle))