JS Help needed

[Shortie]

HI

HELP HELP HELP

I need a function like this one

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/* Converts < and > into < and > */
function decodeHTML(text)
{
var DecodeVar = /<([^&]*)>/g;
return text.replace(DecodeVar,"<$1>");
}

But will change a string like this

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There is really a lot of customizing that can be done with the sidebar styler in Vista.  The hover feature can let you use a light or dark skin over your skin to make it glow or dim with mouseover, or using two entirely different styles, you can flip the shadow of a skin to the opposite side, etc....so you get into customizing and then MS takes it awa...

to this

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There is really a lot of customizing that can be done with the sidebar styler in Vista.  The hover feature can let you use a light or dark skin over your skin to make it glow or dim with mouseover, or using two entirely different styles, you can flip the shadow of a skin to the opposite side, etc....so you get into customizing and then MS takes it awa...
e.g.

will remove the box and size tags etc

So

I heed help - as I am still learning JS

Shortie

[Shortie]

Here is another test string

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Actually, I was mistaken.  The #24 theme, kinda silver/blue.  Doesn't seem to matter what I set in Profile, Look and Layout, when I come back is always Dark Blue theme showing, even though I don't log out.... 

[NerdBoy]

Shorty from what I can gather from the code this has something to do with the sidebar this stuff is over my head but I wonder is this not just a waste off your time seeing as the next OS does not have sidebar to speak of . Wish I could help with this but it is like speaking  french to me I understand bits and pieces but that is it .

[SoLoGHoST]

Shortie, going off your original post, you wanna be able to subtract

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from the beginning and

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from the end?

Is this what you want??  you could just use substr() function or substring() function if that is the case.

If you are wanting to convert html entities < and > into < and >:

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/* Converts < and > into < and > */
function decodeHTML(text)
{
var getText = '';
var x = 0;
while(x <= text.length - 1) {
var getSign = text.substr(x, 4);

if (getSign == "<")
getSign = "<";
else if (getSign == ">")
    getSign = ">";
else
getSign = text.charAt(x);

getText += getSign;

if ((getSign == ">") || (getSign == "<"))
x=x+4;
else
x++;
}

return getText;
}


[SoLoGHoST]

Then just call it like this in your function or whatever:

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text = decodeHTML(text);

Hope you don't mind that I moved this out of the Gadget Code Library as it doesn't seem to belong there IMO.

[Shortie]

Shorty from what I can gather from the code this has something to do with the sidebar this stuff is over my head but I wonder is this not just a waste off your time seeing as the next OS does not have sidebar to speak of . Wish I could help with this but it is like speaking  french to me I understand bits and pieces but that is it .

Yep

It doesn't have a side bar but it has gadgets so there if still a future in it - also someone will write a sidebar even if it is a little like Fences from StarDock

Shortie

[NerdBoy]

Yeah well some people are still using XP but that does not mean I do , I have actually forgotten what XP looks like. When Windows 7 is released I will move on maybe not right away this time I will wait a bit before I buy it . Also who knows maybe there will be no more gadgets either when Windows 7's successor is released this is just my opinion but I think gadets will slowly fade away they will probably be replaced with something different this is just Nerdboy looking into his crystal ball. 

[Shortie]

You are probably right

But there will be a successor of some-kind - perhaps it will be a head up display using virtual reality to control the PC hence there wont be a mouse or monitor - WOW how much space will that save me (actually someone has already done that)

Any way technology will change and that is the fun - maybe we will have Gizmos instead of Gadgets 

Shortie

[NerdBoy]

Sometimes the tech changes so fast its unbelievable and in some instances it move so slow its painful . Speech recognition is just finally starting to get good enough to use .

[SoLoGHoST]

Believe it or not, I know many people who are still using Windows XP, and haven't made the change to Vista.  Wanted to install Vista on my neighbors PC, but found out he didn't even have enough Processor Speed recommended which was 733 MHz, lol.  Well, anyways, people around here are a little slow on the new technology, but I try to stay ahead of the game.  And there's always you guys to help out in that field

[NerdBoy]

Wow even my 5 year old laptop runs Vista it is an AMD Sempron 1.8 GHz . I can't Imagine anything Slower than my Laptop it irritates me sometimes when rendering graphics.