Hi all,

I use CatVids to generate an HTML web page to view my movie collection on the web. I can control and set the font size of all the output fields EXCEPT the synopsis field. For some reason the synopsis data does not change to the desired font size??? The XSL format code in question is,

.fieldvalue {
font-size: 12pt;
width: 99%;
padding-right: 4px;
vertical-align: middle;
}

All the output is 12 pt (as it should be) except the synopsis field which is less = 8 or 9 pt. The output is generated with the code below in which the Tagline is output at the correct 12 pt size but the synopsis field (code below tagline code) is output much smaller.

<!-- Tagline -->
<xsl:if test="tagline!=''">
<TR CLASS="fieldrow">
<TD CLASS="fieldname" NOWRAP="">
<xsl:value-of select="/data/fld/contents/tagline/@name"/>:
</TD>
<TD CLASS="fieldvalue">
<xsl:value-of select="tagline"/>
</TD>
</TR>
</xsl:if>

<!--Synopsis-->
<TR CLASS="fieldrow">
<TD CLASS="fieldname" NOWRAP="" >
Synopsis:
</TD>
<TD CLASS="fieldvalue">
<xsl:value-of select="synopsis"/>
</TD>
</TR>

Why the difference? Any help would be appreciated. I am using CatVids version 8.23.02. While I am on this topic, what does the Tools>Memo>Default font size option in CatVids do? I change this font size value and the synopsis font does not seem to change either in the program or in the Html output.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

By default, the memo field uses the font you have selected in the data entry window. In the 'Page Properties' window, have you checked the 'Memo Plain Text" property?


This is the default font used for NEW records you add.

Use 'Tools=>Database Maintenance=>Replace memo font' to replace the font used for existing records.

Thanks for the help. Where might I find the page properties menu? The help file says that it is under the file menu but I can not find it?

Export window => Detail Page tab => Page Properties button.

Fredrik,

Thanks for replying promptly as always. I still have a couple of questions. Ok, so as I now understand,

1. Tools>Memo>Default font size option is the font size for NEW synopsis records only.

2. I used the Tools=>Database Maintenance=>Replace memo font command and that command changed the font size of ONLY some of the synopsis data fields. Other records (videos) had their synopsis fields unaffected. So, some font sizes where changed and others stayed the same. Is this what is supposed to happen?

3. In the 'Page Properties' window, the 'Memo Plain Text' property was indeed checked. Is this what I want? What does this field option do?

Thanks again.

Paul

Only if the specified font size does not match. You can uncheck 'Replace font size' to replace the font no matter what is the font size is.


Yes, when this is checked, the memo font stored in the db is not used. Instead, the font selected in this export window is used (same as for the other fields). This works fine here using v8.23.05.

Is there a way that I can get Catvids 8.23.05 so that I have the same version as you do? I am currently running 8.23.02. Probably just minor differences but I want to make sure that this is not one of those differences.

Paul

You can download v8.23.05 from http://www.fnprg.com/catvids/version8.html