Re: WebDNA / Filemaker / Special characters

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35744
interpreted = N
texte = My first guess is that those are HTML and not plain simple text... so if you send the email formatted as HTML, then maybe it will display right.try adding the appropriate params to the sendmail opening tag-[sendmail to=blah@blah.com&from=[blah]&Subject=blah&Mime-Version;1.0&Content-Type=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1]patrick@cytotech.dk wrote:> I have recently found a need to use special characters in a Danish language > ecommerce website. I use the numeric raw HTML equivalents (for example, > ", ø etc.) in the filemaker database and page html. All > characters are subsequently shown correctly in the browser. However, when I > need to send a message via the Emailer application, text in the message, > whether writen as special characters, or in numeric form, and text from the > database file, are not displayed correctly. Special characters entered into > header tags give rise to no problems. Why the difference and how do I solve > the problem of having special characters correctly parsed when sent via > Emailer? > > Regards, > > Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WebDNA / Filemaker / Special characters (John Butler 2000)
  2. WebDNA / Filemaker / Special characters (patrick@cytotech.dk 2000)
My first guess is that those are HTML and not plain simple text... so if you send the email formatted as HTML, then maybe it will display right.try adding the appropriate params to the sendmail opening tag-[sendmail to=blah@blah.com&from=[blah]&Subject=blah&Mime-Version;1.0&Content-Type=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1]patrick@cytotech.dk wrote:> I have recently found a need to use special characters in a Danish language > ecommerce website. I use the numeric raw HTML equivalents (for example, > ", ø etc.) in the filemaker database and page html. All > characters are subsequently shown correctly in the browser. However, when I > need to send a message via the Emailer application, text in the message, > whether writen as special characters, or in numeric form, and text from the > database file, are not displayed correctly. Special characters entered into > header tags give rise to no problems. Why the difference and how do I solve > the problem of having special characters correctly parsed when sent via > Emailer? > > Regards, > > Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Butler

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