Re: Filemaker Pro and [convertchars]
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 29592
interpreted = N
texte = on 03/24/00 2:42 PM, Timothy W. Killian at evlist@eventure.com wrote:> I use FMPRO v. 4 to build news databases. Of course, when I export the > tab-delimited file and upload as a database, I get bad characters.I swear by FMP4 and use it for a lot of things that have nothing to do with WC.I suspect that bad characters you're referring to are caused by curly quotes. Make sure the FMP Document prefs are set to not use them.When you export from FMP, it creates a SimpleText document and pastes the data into it. SimpleText converts all quotes and apostrophes into curly ones, even if they were straight in FMP. That's what causes my bad character problem. Since I store my WC database info in a BBEdit doc, I copy the info from the SimpleText doc into it and use the Replace All command to convert the curly quotes and apostrophes into non-curly ones.I'm sure this could be automated with AppleScript, but it's really not a chore to do it manually. I'm also sure the [convertchars] feature of WC will work, but I've never tried it.Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 03/24/00 2:42 PM, Timothy W. Killian at evlist@eventure.com wrote:> I use FMPRO v. 4 to build news databases. Of course, when I export the > tab-delimited file and upload as a database, I get bad characters.I swear by FMP4 and use it for a lot of things that have nothing to do with WC.I suspect that bad characters you're referring to are caused by curly quotes. Make sure the FMP Document prefs are set to not use them.When you export from FMP, it creates a SimpleText document and pastes the data into it. SimpleText converts all quotes and apostrophes into curly ones, even if they were straight in FMP. That's what causes my bad character problem. Since I store my WC database info in a BBEdit doc, I copy the info from the SimpleText doc into it and use the Replace All command to convert the curly quotes and apostrophes into non-curly ones.I'm sure this could be automated with AppleScript, but it's really not a chore to do it manually. I'm also sure the [convertchars] feature of WC will work, but I've never tried it.Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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