Using commands from the Styled Text theme

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4D v16

The following commands support 4D Write Pro objects:

Command	Comments
ST COMPUTE EXPRESSIONS
ST FREEZE EXPRESSIONS
ST GET ATTRIBUTES/ST SET ATTRIBUTES
ST Get content type	A new type (6) has been added for the image content type
ST Get expression / ST INSERT EXPRESSION	Starting with 4D v16, expressions are filtered by default in 4D Write Pro documents and must be explicitely allowed. For more information, refer to the Filter expressions contained in a 4D Write Pro document section.
ST GET OPTIONS/ST SET OPTIONS
ST Get plain text/ST SET PLAIN TEXT
ST Get text / ST SET TEXT
ST GET URL / ST INSERT URL

Example

You want to replace the selection in a 4D Write Pro area with the contents of a variable:

 C_TEXT(fullName)

 

 Case of

    :(Form event=On Clicked)

       ST INSERT EXPRESSION(myArea;"fullName";ST Start highlight;ST End highlight)

 End case

Inserting document and page expressions

You can insert special expressions related to document attributes or page attributes using the ST INSERT EXPRESSION command.

Expression syntax	Availability	Type	Description
$wp_title	all parts in the document	Text	Title defined in wk title attribute
$wp_author	all parts in the document	Text	Author defined in wk author attribute
$wp_subject	all parts in the document	Text	Subject defined in wk subject attribute
$wp_company	all parts in the document	Text	Company defined in wk company attribute
$wp_notes	all parts in the document	Text	Notes defined in wk notes attribute
$wp_dateCreation	all parts in the document	Date	Date creation defined in wk date creation attribute
$wp_dateModified	all parts in the document	Date	Date modified defined in wk date modified attribute
$wp_pageNumber	Header & footer - error everywhere else	Longint	Page number as it is defined: from the document start (default) or from the section page start if it is defined by section page start
$wp_pageCount	Header & footer - error everywhere else	LongInt	Page count : total count of pages

To insert an expression, make sure the cursor is located in the appropriate area (header, footer, or document body) and call the ST INSERT EXPRESSION command. For example, to insert the page number in the selected footer area:

ST INSERT EXPRESSION(*;"4DWPArea";"$wp_pageNumber")

The following document design can be defined, for example: