(Delphi ActiveX) Convert HTML to Plain Text

Demonstrates how to convert HTML to plain text.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
h2t: THtmlToText;
html: WideString;
plainText: WideString;

begin
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

h2t := THtmlToText.Create(Self);

html := h2t.ReadFileToString('c:/temp/test.html','utf-8');
if (h2t.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(h2t.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

plainText := h2t.ToText(html);
if (h2t.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(h2t.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(plainText);
end;