OpenTbs convert html tags to MS Word tags

Question

I am using OpenTbs, http://www.tinybutstrong.com/plugins/opentbs/tbs_plugin_opentbs.html.

I have a template.docx and am able to replace fields with content but if th

Answer 1

Since you have a conversion function for HTML to DOCX, then you can implement it in OpenTBS using a custom PHP function and parameter "onformat".

The following function only convert line breaks:

function f_html2docx($FieldName, &$CurrVal) {
  $CurrVal= str_replace('
', '', $CurrVal);
} 

Use in the DOCX template :

[b.thetext;onformat=f_html2docx]

About converting HTML to DOCX :

Converting a formated text into another formated text is quite often a nightmare. That's why is it wise to store the pure data instead if formated data.

Converting HTML to DOCX is a real nightmare because the formating is not structured the same way.

For example, in HTML tags may me nested, like this:

 hello  this is important  to know 

In DOCX it will be presented as crossing, like this :

  
    
    hello
  

  
    
    this is important
  

  
    
    to know
  

I have no solution for converting tags other than line-breaks for now. Sorry for that. And I think it would be quite difficult to code one.