Highlight Multiple Words in Results

[neofactor]

Hi:

Well.. I have a stumper.... I need a Highlight tag that is a bit smarter than the ones I have seen.

Basically I have an index search that allows you to search multiple words... and I highlight the matches throughout the results.

I have many methods that work great if you only have one feild keyword.... It will wrap a font tag around the word and add a style to highlight it. The problem is when it loops through the same paragraph to search for the second word.. to highlight it... the problem lies in that I have just introduced new characters into the description.. namely the font tag &quot;<font color=red style=background:yellow;&quot;.

The problem is it now tries to highlight ant matches thaty might be in those new letters... like background... it thinks it is part of the description.. and if I had a keyword called background... it matches and adds yet another font tag around it.. thus breaking it and shoing partial font tags in the results.

Does this make sense...
If not I can show you an example:

http://search.uncc.edu/azindex/index_content_sql2.cfm?l=&d=1&q=card+ac&i=0

The custom tag that loops around it is this:

Partial code... but you get the idea... I add some info around any matches.. an opentag like: <font color=red style=background:yellow;> and a closetag like: </font>
The substring list is the list of keywords to highlight.

<CFLOOP Index=Substring
List=&quot;#SubStringList#&quot;>
<CFSET CurrentChar=1>
<CFSET Start=1>

<CFLOOP CONDITION=&quot;START ge 0&quot;>
<CFSET Substring=Trim(Substring)>
<CFSET Start=#FindNoCase(Substring, String, CurrentChar)#-1>
<CFIF Start ge 0>

<CFSET End=#Start# + #Len(SubString)# >
<CFSET String=Insert(CloseTag,String,End)>
<CFSET String=Insert(OpenTag,String,Start)>
<CFSET CurrentChar=End + Len(OpenTag & Closetag)>

</cfif>
</cfloop>

</cfloop>

Any ideas to do an exception to not highlight the <font> tag info, if it contains a keyword match?

Please let me know if you have a smart- smart results highlighter... all I see on MM exchange dont do it for me.

Thanks

 

[neofactor]

Man... I jump on these things too quick... I find an answer like 20 minutes after I post....

I think it is the act of posting that makes me look further.. sort of a break.... a chance to take a breath.

I found a UDF (User Defined Function) that is for a single highlight but in the forum.. it talks about some work arounds for multiple passes.

http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=133&enable=1

I'll post a full fix here after I look at it in the moring.