Re: Bug Report, maybe

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10422
interpreted = N
texte = >Ooops I think it might be the url thingy. forgot to do that. Will give it >a go and see what happens.The first thing to try is to go to your Classifieds example site and try adding a record with & in it. If that doesn't work, then there's a bug in that version of WebCatalog.Be careful with the [URL] thingy. The [Input] thingy is often more important, and can sometimes be confused, with [URL] and even [ConvertChars]. Here's the breakdown:Use [URL] when you need to create a hyperlink to something that may have a space in it, such as a product SKU with spaces:SKU: A101 Z014 wrong: (spaces are illegal) right: WebDNA: Use [Input] when you want to let someone edit field data that may have <, >, carriage return or & buried in it.wrong: into field? right: WebDNA: Use [ConvertChars] when you want to display a field that contains embedded carriage returns (or weird curly-quotes) so that the returns show up as
in the HTML:wrong: [Description] (carriage returns display as spaces in HTML) WebDNA: [ConvertChars][Description][/ConvertChars] (carriage returns get converted to
, and curly-quotes get converted to straight quotes)You may of course add your own character conversions to the WebCatalog Prefs file, but it ships with enough conversions to make those silly yen symbols show up as quotes (FileMaker Pro lets you type curly quotes, but Netscape displays them as yen symbols) Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com ------------------------------------ To leave this talk list send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  5. Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  6. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  7. Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  8. Re: Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  9. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  10. Re: Bug Report, maybe (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  11. Bug Report, maybe (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
>Ooops I think it might be the url thingy. forgot to do that. Will give it >a go and see what happens.The first thing to try is to go to your Classifieds example site and try adding a record with & in it. If that doesn't work, then there's a bug in that version of WebCatalog.Be careful with the [url] thingy. The [input] thingy is often more important, and can sometimes be confused, with [url] and even [convertchars]. Here's the breakdown:Use [url] when you need to create a hyperlink to something that may have a space in it, such as a product SKU with spaces:SKU: A101 Z014 wrong: (spaces are illegal) right: WebDNA: [url][SKU][/URL]>Use [input] when you want to let someone edit field data that may have <, >, carriage return or & buried in it.wrong: into field? right: WebDNA: Use [convertchars] when you want to display a field that contains embedded carriage returns (or weird curly-quotes) so that the returns show up as
in the HTML:wrong: [Description] (carriage returns display as spaces in HTML) WebDNA: [convertchars][Description][/ConvertChars] (carriage returns get converted to
, and curly-quotes get converted to straight quotes)You may of course add your own character conversions to the WebCatalog Prefs file, but it ships with enough conversions to make those silly yen symbols show up as quotes (FileMaker Pro lets you type curly quotes, but Netscape displays them as yen symbols) Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com ------------------------------------ To leave this Talk List send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ Grant Hulbert

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