Re: Funny Chars
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23259
interpreted = N
texte = >Well I pasted 3 lines of the database into a .html file which is not>processed by any SSI and it's still the same. http://195.7.38.3/funny.html>My client is on a G3 Mac. Is this a webstar issue?No, I'm guessing this is an ISO character set issue. Different browsersdisplay 'special' characters as different shapes, depending on thepreferences the user has set up.You'll need to find out the ASCII values of those characters your customeris sending, and then create a custom ConvertChars database that convertsthem to standard characters. You can see a simplistic example of this inthe StandardConversions.db, which converts the MacOS trademark symbol to a
TM which simulates a superscript trademark inHTML.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>Well I pasted 3 lines of the database into a .html file which is not>processed by any SSI and it's still the same. http://195.7.38.3/funny.html>My client is on a G3 Mac. Is this a webstar issue?No, I'm guessing this is an ISO character set issue. Different browsersdisplay 'special' characters as different shapes, depending on thepreferences the user has set up.You'll need to find out the ASCII values of those characters your customeris sending, and then create a custom ConvertChars database that convertsthem to standard characters. You can see a simplistic example of this inthe StandardConversions.db, which converts the MacOS trademark symbol to a
TM which simulates a superscript trademark inHTML.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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