Re: using french characters

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36175
interpreted = N
texte = You can use convertchars in different ways. You can use it to convert the characters coming from a database into someone's browser, or you can use it to convert characters before they are appended to the database. It's all in the WebDNA documentation. Simply put, you do something like this (excuse the email line breaks)...[convertchars db=frenchconversions.db]Your text to be converted[/convertchars]Your frenchconversions.db database would look like this (use actual tabs and returns)....fromto éé áà This simply replaces these characters with their legal html code. Like I said, you can use this context to convert it before it goes into the database, or as it's being displayed in the browser.-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.com Peter Louies wrote:> can filemaker do this? and where do i have to look for this? in the > export functions? this is the first that i hear about it. > > but when you create an admin module, so that the client can update > the records by themself. how do you get around this issue? > > peter. > > >Have you tried using a convertchars context along with a special > >conversion database? > > > >Peter Louies wrote: > > > > > hi list, > > > > > > is there an easy way to get around the french (and other languages) > > > character conversion in webcatalogs databases. when i place é, à and > > > others in the database the browser isn't showing the characters > > > right. now i copy everyutginh in golive first, go to html view and > > > copy and paste it into the database. > > > > > > any other, faster ways to get around this. > > > > > > thanx, peter. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > pixel | design > > web & graphic design | internet solutions | multimedia > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > t + f: +32 (0)53 789906 > mobile: +32 (0)495 230897 > > www.pixeldesign.be > www.server.pixeldesign.be > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/------------------------------------------------------------- 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: using french characters (Robert Wade 2000)
  2. Re: using french characters (Peter Ostry 2000)
  3. Re: using french characters (Peter Louies 2000)
  4. Re: using french characters (Robert Wade 2000)
  5. using french characters (Peter Louies 2000)
You can use convertchars in different ways. You can use it to convert the characters coming from a database into someone's browser, or you can use it to convert characters before they are appended to the database. It's all in the WebDNA documentation. Simply put, you do something like this (excuse the email line breaks)...[convertchars db=frenchconversions.db]Your text to be converted[/convertchars]Your frenchconversions.db database would look like this (use actual tabs and returns)....fromto éé áà This simply replaces these characters with their legal html code. Like I said, you can use this context to convert it before it goes into the database, or as it's being displayed in the browser.-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.com Peter Louies wrote:> can filemaker do this? and where do i have to look for this? in the > export functions? this is the first that i hear about it. > > but when you create an admin module, so that the client can update > the records by themself. how do you get around this issue? > > peter. > > >Have you tried using a convertchars context along with a special > >conversion database? > > > >Peter Louies wrote: > > > > > hi list, > > > > > > is there an easy way to get around the french (and other languages) > > > character conversion in webcatalogs databases. when i place é, à and > > > others in the database the browser isn't showing the characters > > > right. now i copy everyutginh in golive first, go to html view and > > > copy and paste it into the database. > > > > > > any other, faster ways to get around this. > > > > > > thanx, peter. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > pixel | design > > web & graphic design | internet solutions | multimedia > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > t + f: +32 (0)53 789906 > mobile: +32 (0)495 230897 > > www.pixeldesign.be > www.server.pixeldesign.be > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Robert Wade

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