Displaying RTF Text

Brandon

I am being sent a string of text in the Microsoft rtf format. I have to display it. Can someone show me a simple example of how to display a string of rtf text?

I should add that I do not need to edit it, search it, or do any other type of processing - only display it in a box of any kind. Please don't give me links to the top level of a library that does a thousand things. I only need to display a string of text.

If I cannot display the rtf, it would probably be enough to be able to extract the plain text from it.

Thanks in advance.

Brandon

steno

QLabel supports rich text. Just call QLabel::setText.

Brandon

I tried it and it didn't work. It showed every tag. Then I tried it formatted with some simple HTML instead and that worked. However, I do not have HTML. This is Microsoft rtf format.

steno

I don't think microsoft's rtf format is supported then straight out of the box.

Brandon

I just wondered if anyone had figured anything out. I'm not really a QT expert and I hoped that maybe someone had a solution.

steno

I found this, you might be able to use it. Not sure what the licensing is on it though.

"Rtf parser written with Qt":https://launchpad.net/rtf-qt

Brandon

It's very kind of you to find this for me. Is it a library or an executable?

Nothing without 3rd party resources, though?

steno

It's a library to parse Microsoft's rtf format. It is under the GNU LGPL v2.1 license. Someone else may be able to point you in a better direction. I think I ignored the Microsoft part when reading the post.