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NSAttributedStringMBS class

Var a as new NSAttributedStringMBS

if a.initWithHTML("<B>Hello</B>") then
  MsgBox a.htmlString
end if

• 5 properties
  • property containsAttachments as boolean
  • property Handle as Integer
  • property length as Integer
  • property Range as NSRangeMBS
  • property text as string
• 59 methods
  • method AsCFAttributedString as Variant
  • method attributeAtIndex(name as string, location as UInt64) as Variant
  • method attributeAtIndex(name as string, location as UInt64, inRange as NSRangeMBS) as Variant
  • method attributeAtIndex2(name as string, location as UInt64, byref effectiveRange as NSRangeMBS) as Variant
  • method attributeAtIndex2(name as string, location as UInt64, byref longestEffectiveRange as NSRangeMBS, inRange as NSRangeMBS) as Variant
  • method attributedSubstringFromRange(range as NSRangeMBS) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • method attributesAtIndex(location as UInt64) as dictionary
  • method attributesAtIndex(location as UInt64, inRange as NSRangeMBS) as dictionary
  • method attributesAtIndex2(location as UInt64, byref range as NSRangeMBS) as dictionary
  • method attributesAtIndex2(location as UInt64, byref range as NSRangeMBS, inRange as NSRangeMBS) as dictionary
  • method boundingRectWithSize(size as NSSizeMBS, Options as Integer = 0) as NSRectMBS
  • method Constructor
  • method Convert_Operator as string
  • method copy as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • method CopyToClipboard as Boolean
  • method dataFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil, byref error as NSErrorMBS) as memoryblock
  • method docFormatFromRange(documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method docFormatFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method fileWrapperFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil, byref Error as NSErrorMBS) as NSFileWrapperMBS
  • method GeneratePDF(PrintOptions as Variant = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method htmlString as string
  • method initWithAttributedString(text as NSAttributedStringMBS) as boolean
  • method initWithDocFormat(data as MemoryBlock) as boolean
  • method initWithDocFormat(data as memoryblock, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithHTML(data as MemoryBlock) as boolean
  • method initWithHTML(data as MemoryBlock, BaseURL as string) as boolean
  • method initWithHTML(data as memoryblock, BaseURL as string, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithHTML(data as memoryblock, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithHTML(data as memoryblock, options as Dictionary, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithHTMLOld(data as string) as boolean
  • method initWithPath(file as folderitem) as boolean
  • method initWithPath(file as folderitem, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithPath(path as string) as boolean
  • method initWithPath(path as string, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithRTF(data as MemoryBlock) as boolean
  • method initWithRTF(data as memoryblock, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithRTFD(data as MemoryBlock) as boolean
  • method initWithRTFD(data as memoryblock, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithString(text as string) as boolean
  • method initWithString(text as string, withAttributes as Dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithURL(file as folderitem) as boolean
  • method initWithURL(file as folderitem, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method initWithURL(url as string) as boolean
  • method initWithURL(url as string, byref documentAttributes as dictionary) as boolean
  • method isEqualToAttributedString(other as NSAttributedStringMBS) as Boolean
  • method itemNumberInTextList(list as NSTextListMBS, location as Integer) as Integer
  • method lineRangeForRange(range as NSRangeMBS) as NSRangeMBS
  • method mutableCopy as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS
  • method paragraphRangeForRange(range as NSRangeMBS) as NSRangeMBS
  • method rangeOfTextBlock(textBlock as NSTextBlockMBS, location as Integer) as NSRangeMBS
  • method rangeOfTextList(list as NSTextListMBS, location as Integer) as NSRangeMBS
  • method rangeOfTextTable(textTable as NSTextTableMBS, location as Integer) as NSRangeMBS
  • method rtf as MemoryBlock
  • method RTFDFileWrapperFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as NSFileWrapperMBS
  • method RTFDFromRange(documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method RTFDFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method RTFFromRange(documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method RTFFromRange(offset as Integer, length as Integer, documentAttributes as dictionary = nil) as MemoryBlock
  • method size as NSSizeMBS
• 112 shared methods
  • shared method attributedStringWithAdaptiveImageGlyph(adaptiveImageGlyph as NSAdaptiveImageGlyphMBS, withAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS   New in 25.1
  • shared method attributedStringWithAttachment(attachment as NSTextAttachmentMBS) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithAttributedString(text as NSAttributedStringMBS) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithDocFormat(data as memoryblock) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithDocFormat(data as memoryblock, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithHTML(data as memoryblock) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithHTML(data as memoryblock, BaseURL as string) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithHTML(data as memoryblock, BaseURL as string, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithHTML(data as memoryblock, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithHTMLOld(data as string) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithPath(file as folderitem) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithPath(file as folderitem, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithPath(path as string) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithPath(path as string, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithRTF(data as memoryblock) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithRTF(data as memoryblock, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithRTFD(data as memoryblock) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithRTFD(data as memoryblock, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithString(text as string) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithString(text as string, withAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithURL(file as folderitem) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithURL(file as folderitem, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithURL(url as string) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method attributedStringWithURL(url as string, byref DocumentAttributes as dictionary) as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method FromClipboard as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • shared method NSAttachmentAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSAuthorDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSBackgroundColorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSBackgroundColorDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSBaseURLDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSBottomMarginDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCategoryDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCharacterEncodingDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCharacterEncodingDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSCharacterShapeAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSCocoaVersionDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCommentDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCompanyDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSConvertedDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCopyrightDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCreationTimeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSCursorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSDefaultAttributesDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSDefaultAttributesDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSDefaultTabIntervalDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSDocFormatTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSDocumentTypeDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSEditorDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSExcludedElementsDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSExpansionAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSFileTypeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSFileTypeDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSFontAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSForegroundColorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSGlyphInfoAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSHTMLTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSHyphenationFactorDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSKernAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSKeywordsDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSLeftMarginDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSLigatureAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSLinkAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSMacSimpleTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSManagerDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSMarkedClauseSegmentAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSModificationTimeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSObliquenessAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSOfficeOpenXMLTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSOpenDocumentTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSPaperSizeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSParagraphStyleAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSPlainTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSPrefixSpacesDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSReadOnlyDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSRightMarginDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSRTFDTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSRTFTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSShadowAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSSpellingStateAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSStrikethroughColorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSStrikethroughStyleAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSStrokeColorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSStrokeWidthAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSSubjectDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSSuperscriptAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSTextAlternativesAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSTextEffectAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSTextEffectLetterpressStyle as string
  • shared method NSTextEncodingNameDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSTextEncodingNameDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSTextLayoutSectionOrientation as string
  • shared method NSTextLayoutSectionRange as string
  • shared method NSTextLayoutSectionsAttribute as string
  • shared method NSTextSizeMultiplierDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSTimeoutDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSTitleDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSToolTipAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSTopMarginDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSUnderlineColorAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSVerticalGlyphFormAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSViewModeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSViewSizeDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSViewZoomDocumentAttribute as string
  • shared method NSWebArchiveTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSWebPreferencesDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSWebResourceLoadDelegateDocumentOption as string
  • shared method NSWordMLTextDocumentType as string
  • shared method NSWritingDirectionAttributeName as string
  • shared method NSWritingToolsExclusionAttributeName as string
• 14 constants

Constants

Spelling Constants.

Underline Constants.

Writing Direction Constants.

Sub classes:

• class NSMutableAttributedStringMBS
  • class NSTextStorageMBS

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• News from the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 21.5
• Styled Text for Labels in your Xojo iOS app
• MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 21.2
• MBS Xojo plug-ins in version 16.0
• Tip of the day: Adding links to Textarea on OS X
• Using NSTextViewMBS

Xojo Developer Magazine

• 5.6, page 32: Third Party Plugins: Statusitems, Getting an icon in the top right of the Mac OS X menubar by Christian Schmitz
• 20.2, page 10: News
• 19.4, page 10: News
• 10.3, page 9: News

Release notes

• Version 25.0
  • Added NSWritingToolsExclusionAttributeName shared method to NSAttributedStringMBS class.
• Version 24.4
  • Added size and boundingRectWithSize methods for NSAttributedStringMBS class.
• Version 23.4
  • Enabled AsCFAttributedString method for NSAttributedStringMBS class for iOS.
• Version 22.2
  • Added new initWithHTML variant to pass document parsing options in NSAttributedStringMBS class.
• Version 21.2
  • Changes NSAttributedStringMBS and NSColorMBS classes to not reference macOS only function selectors.
• Version 19.0
  • Added standard constructor to NSTextContainerMBS, NSMutableAttributedStringMBS and NSAttributedStringMBS.
  • Fixed NSAttributedStringMBS methods to return NSTextContainerMBS if called on NSTextContainerMBS class.
• Version 18.4
  • Added NSAttributedStringMBS.Convert_Operator method to convert to string.
• Version 18.1
  • Added NSTextListMBS class and related methods for NSMutableParagraphStyleMBS, NSParagraphStyleMBS and NSAttributedStringMBS class.
• Version 18.0
  • Added CopyToClipboard and FromClipboard to NSAttributedStringMBS class.

Some methods using this class:

• CNContactFormatterMBS.attributedStringFromContact(contact as CNContactMBS, DefaultAttributes as Dictionary = nil) as NSAttributedStringMBS
• CNContactFormatterMBS.attributedStringFromContact(contact as CNContactMBS, Style as Integer, DefaultAttributes as Dictionary = nil) as NSAttributedStringMBS
• CNPostalAddressFormatterMBS.attributedStringFromPostalAddress(postalAddress as CNPostalAddressMBS, style as Integer, DefaultAttributes as Dictionary = nil) as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSGraphicsMBS.drawInRect(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, rect as NSRectMBS)
• NSMutableAttributedStringMBS.appendAttributedString(attrString as NSAttributedStringMBS)
• NSMutableAttributedStringMBS.replaceCharactersInRange(range as NSRangeMBS, attrString as NSAttributedStringMBS)
• NSSharingServiceItemsMBS.AddAttributedString(AttributedString as NSAttributedStringMBS)
• NSViewMBS.pageHeader as NSAttributedStringMBS
• OSAScriptMBS.richTextFromDescriptor(descriptor as NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS) as NSAttributedStringMBS
• SharingPanelMBS.AddStyledText(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, subject as string = "")

Some properties using for this class:

• AVSpeechUtteranceMBS.attributedSpeechString as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSAppleScriptMBS.richTextSource as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSButtonMBS.attributedAlternateTitle as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSCellMBS.attributedStringValue as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSMenuItemMBS.attributedTitle as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSStatusItemMBS.attributedTitle as NSAttributedStringMBS
• NSTextFieldCellMBS.placeholderAttributedString as NSAttributedStringMBS
• OSAScriptMBS.richTextSource as NSAttributedStringMBS
• PDFAnnotationTextWidgetMBS.attributedStringValue as NSAttributedStringMBS
• PDFPageMBS.attributedString as NSAttributedStringMBS

Some examples using this class:

• /MacCG/Attributed String print
• /MacCocoa/NSStatusItem/StatusItem
• /MacCocoa/NSStatusItem/StatusItem with CarbonEvents
• /MacCocoa/TextHeight calculation
• /MacControls/Listbox and TableView Demos/ListboxTV drop-in/Flat Only/ListBoxTV Database with DataSource
• /MacControls/Listbox and TableView Demos/ListboxTV drop-in/Flat Only/ListBoxTV TableView
• /MacControls/Listbox and TableView Demos/ListboxTV drop-in/Hierarchical & Flat/ListBoxTV OutlineView
• /PDFKit/Create Page with custom stamp annotation
• /PDFKit/Create Page with Page
• /Win/TextArea Sub and SuperScript

Some related classes:

• class CNContactMBS
• class CNPostalAddressMBS
• class NSAppleEventDescriptorMBS
• class NSAppleScriptMBS
• class NSColorMBS
• class NSParagraphStyleMBS
• class NSSharingServiceItemsMBS
• class NSTextContainerMBS
• class NSTextListMBS
• class SharingPanelMBS

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacBase Plugin.

NSApplicationMBS   -   NSAutoreleasePoolMBS