Re: A few questions. . .

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12681
interpreted = N
texte = >The web site I'm creating has to display several languages--specifically >French, German, and Italian--and I am having real problems with >displaying accented and special characters from fields in my database. I >tried the [convertchars] context with no luck. I know I'm missing >something simple.Okay, here's the story ...[convertchars] can only convert the ASCII characters that are listed in the WebCatalog Prefs file ... and WebCat2 comes with only a few of the ASCII character conversions in the default WebCatalog Prefs file.Therefore, you need to add the rest of your conversions to the WebCatalog Prefs file manually.Open the WebCatalog Prefs file with SimpleText or BBEdit or Tex-Edit, then manually type in the ACSII numbers and corresponding values for all the new conversions you need - following the proper and format, of course, since the WebCatalog Prefs file is actually a database file. Then WebCat2 will do the proper conversions whenever you use one of your new ACSII characters ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: A few questions. . . (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  2. Re: A few questions. . . (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  3. A few questions. . . (Michael Bohan 1997)
>The web site I'm creating has to display several languages--specifically >French, German, and Italian--and I am having real problems with >displaying accented and special characters from fields in my database. I >tried the [convertchars] context with no luck. I know I'm missing >something simple.Okay, here's the story ...[convertchars] can only convert the ASCII characters that are listed in the WebCatalog Prefs file ... and WebCat2 comes with only a few of the ASCII character conversions in the default WebCatalog Prefs file.Therefore, you need to add the rest of your conversions to the WebCatalog Prefs file manually.Open the WebCatalog Prefs file with SimpleText or BBEdit or Tex-Edit, then manually type in the ACSII numbers and corresponding values for all the new conversions you need - following the proper and format, of course, since the WebCatalog Prefs file is actually a database file. Then WebCat2 will do the proper conversions whenever you use one of your new ACSII characters ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html Kenneth Grome

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