Re: French characters in variables

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39692
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texte = >Hello. Does anyone have experience passing French accented text in >form variables ? > >Here's what I have done: > >I am using [ConvertChars db=french.db] the text [/ConvertChars] in my >forms and it works perfectly within the form, but if I put text into a >form variable and pass it to another form, the text is mixed-up in the >process. > >For example: > >When I place Éléments électroniques on a form using ConvertChars it >appears as Éléments électroniques > >If I place it in a text field, it appears as Éléments électroniques. > >However, when I pass the variable to a second form, the variable appears >as ÉlÈments Èlectroniques on the second form. > >The second form is using a ConvertChars, same as the first form, and it >does display the correct text if I put it on the form, but not if the >text is passed as a variable. > >If I use a GET method, the URL shows the text as >%C9l%E9ments+%E9lectroniques. > >Anyone have any ideas ?Search the list archives for postings from me with ISO-8859-1 in the body. -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- 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: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  2. Re: French characters in variables (Tom Duke 2001)
  3. Re: French characters in variables (Christer Olsson 2001)
  4. Re: French characters in variables (Clement Ross 2001)
  5. Re: French characters in variables (John Peacock 2001)
  6. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  7. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  8. Re: French characters in variables (Michael Davis 2001)
  9. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  10. Re: French characters in variables (Clement Ross 2001)
  11. Re: French characters in variables (John Peacock 2001)
  12. Re: French characters in variables (Glenn Busbin 2001)
  13. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  14. Re: French characters in variables (Christer Olsson 2001)
  15. Re: French characters in variables (John Peacock 2001)
  16. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  17. Re: French characters in variables (Christer Olsson 2001)
  18. Re: French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
  19. Re: French characters in variables (Matthew Bohne 2001)
  20. French characters in variables (Larry Trudelle 2001)
>Hello. Does anyone have experience passing French accented text in >form variables ? > >Here's what I have done: > >I am using [ConvertChars db=french.db] the text [/ConvertChars] in my >forms and it works perfectly within the form, but if I put text into a >form variable and pass it to another form, the text is mixed-up in the >process. > >For example: > >When I place Éléments électroniques on a form using ConvertChars it >appears as Éléments électroniques > >If I place it in a text field, it appears as Éléments électroniques. > >However, when I pass the variable to a second form, the variable appears >as ÉlÈments Èlectroniques on the second form. > >The second form is using a ConvertChars, same as the first form, and it >does display the correct text if I put it on the form, but not if the >text is passed as a variable. > >If I use a GET method, the URL shows the text as >%C9l%E9ments+%E9lectroniques. > >Anyone have any ideas ?Search the list archives for postings from me with ISO-8859-1 in the body. -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Christer Olsson

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