RTF Primer: Building and RTF Document
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The document serves as an instructional guide on creating Rich Text Format (RTF) documents and highlights its advantages for document generation, particularly in environments like government and engineering. It includes practical examples, RTF file structure, and advice on maintaining simplicity while avoiding unnecessary complexity added by programs like Microsoft Word. Additionally, it references best practices, resources, and the author's expertise in the field.
RTF Primer: Building and RTF Document
- 1. TH Technology Karen Cannell kcannell@thtechnology.com RTF 101: Building an RTF Document
- 2. TH Technology RTF 101 About Me … Karen Cannell ~ Consultant, TH Technology Mechanical/SW Engineer - Analyzed, designed, developed, converted, upgraded, enhanced legacy & database applications for 25+ years Building APEX applications for government, medical, engineering industries since HTMLDB Leveraging the Oracle 10g,11g,12c suite of tools Oracle Ace Associate Editor, Technical Journal Send ODTUG Technical Journal Content!
- 3. TH Technology RTF 101 APEX Books … Expert Oracle Application Express, APress 2015 Report Printing Beginning Application Express 4.2, APress, 2013 Agile Oracle Application Express APress, 2012
- 4. TH Technology RTF 101 About You … Why RTF? Experience? Applications?
- 5. TH Technology RTF 101 Session Objectives RTF Overview RTF Document Structure RTF How To Build Applications
- 6. TH Technology RTF 101 Rich Text Format “…format for text and graphics interchange … different output devices, operating environments and operating systems.” Microsoft Standard MS Word
- 7. TH Technology RTF 101 Why RTF? Well Known Format Plain Text ~ Readily Readable Sane Formatting Easy To Generate
- 8. TH Technology RTF 101 Why RTF? (Developer Perspective) Simplicity Plain Text Sane Coding Easy To Learn
- 9. TH Technology RTF 101 Why? (Me) Had to Build a Word Document Unknown # of Pages Known Format RTF WAY Easier to Learn and Build
- 10. TH Technology RTF 101 Uses Document Generation Report Templates Merge/Substitutions …
- 11. TH Technology RTF 101 Example – Swipe Card
- 12. TH Technology RTF 101 Looks Like .. In Plain Text Editor
- 13. TH Technology RTF 101 RTF Example End / “Footer”
- 14. TH Technology RTF 101 Note: Plain Text Editor WordPad Notepad EditPad Lite SQL Developer MS Word Adds Bloat!
- 15. TH Technology RTF 101 MS Word Adds Bloat! 47K to 104K Demo MS Word Bloat All That Extra Formatting Not Necessary Makes Coding / Reading / Using Harder
- 16. TH Technology RTF 101 Create a Clean RTF Open in MS Word (or Other Editor) Copy Contents ( CTRL-A, CTRL-C) Paste into Blank WordPad Document Save From WordPad.
- 17. TH Technology RTF 101 Structure of an RTF File The Basics { <header> <document> }
- 18. TH Technology RTF 101 RTF Example Header
- 19. TH Technology RTF 101 RTF Header {rtf1ansiansicpg1252 { … } Open/Close Object rtf1 RTF Version 1 ansi ANSI Character Set (Default) ansicpg1252 US Windows Code Page
- 20. TH Technology RTF 101 Header .. Page Size paperw4860 paperh3060 margt144 margb144 margr144 margl144 paperwN paperhN margtN margbN margrN marglN
- 21. TH Technology RTF 101 Twips “Sizes” in Twips For Most Control Words Twips == 1440/inch, 20/pt Inch * 1440 == Twips
- 22. TH Technology RTF 101 Header .. Page Size, Margins paperw4860 paperh3060 margt144 margb144 margr144 margl144 4860/1440 = 3.375 in 3060/1440 = 2.125 in 0.1 in margins all around
- 23. TH Technology RTF 101 Header … Fonts and Styles deff0{fonttbl{f0fnilfcharset0 Calibri;}{f1fnil Times New Roman;}{f2fnilfcharset0 Mag Track 1 XPS Card Printer;}} Default Font is F0 F0 is Calibri F1 s Times New Roman F2 is Mag Track 1 XPS Card Printer Styles
- 24. TH Technology RTF 101 Basic Paragraph pard … par pard resets formatting fsNN Font Size in Half Points fs20 Font Size 10pt par ends the pard
- 25. TH Technology RTF 101 Tables No Table Group Paragraphs Properties “Table” == Series of Table Rows trowd … row “Row” == Series of Paragraphs trowd … row
- 26. TH Technology RTF 101 Tables … More trgaphN Half Space Between Rows in Twips trgap0 == No Gap Between Rows clvertalc Text Centered Vertically Betw Rows cellx1648 Cell Width in Twips 1648/1440 == 1.1 cellx4602 Cell Width in Twips 4602/1440 == 3.2
- 27. TH Technology RTF 101 Graphics Embedded Easiest Paste in WordPad, Save. Edit Around As Needed Referenced/External
- 28. TH Technology RTF 101 Footer } Ends the RTF Document { … } Groups Must Be Matched
- 29. TH Technology RTF 101 Generating via PL/SQL One Card First-Only Template > 1 Card First Template ( No Footer) Body Template (No Header) Concatentate In a Loop … Simple Concatenate: || Can’t Do That w MS Word!
- 30. TH Technology RTF 101 Building an RTF (PL/SQL) PL/SQL to Open First Template Loop Replace Concatenate Body Template End Add Footer Save As
- 31. TH Technology RTF 101 Alexandria Utilities FILE_UTIL_PKG.GET_CLOB_FROM_FILE () Load RTF Template Into CLOB STRING_UTIL_PKG.MULTI_REPLACE (…) Do Substitutions FILE_UTIL_PKG.SAVE_CLOB_TO_FILE (…) Save To File SQL_UTIL_PKG.CLOB_TO_BLOB (…) IF need a BLOB (DB Storage?)
- 33. TH Technology RTF 101 Resources Best Reference: Word 2007 RTF Spec https://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=10725 RFT Pocket Guide https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/rtf-pocket- guide/9781449302047/ch01.html Alexandria Utilities https://github.com/mortenbra/alexandria-plsql-utils
- 34. TH Technology RTF 101 Share Your Knowledge! ODTUG Technical Journal Call for Articles/Reviewers Editor, ODTUG Technical Journal kcannell@odtug.com
- 35. TH Technology Questions ? RTF Primer kcannell@thtechnology.com http://thtechnology.com
- 36. TH Technology Thank You RTF Primer kcannell@thtechnology.com http://thtechnology.com