Re: Annoying character on writefile...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = You should expect this to happen, that's what it's supposed to do. Just because you don't see carriage return characters when creating a file on Windows or on Mac OS 9 does not mean they are not there! Mac OS 9 uses CR's as new line characters. Windows uses a CR-LF combination. UNIX uses only LF's. So when you put a Windows or Mac OS 9 file (with invisible CR's in it) on a server running UNIX, the CR's are still in the files, so of course they will be written to the new file! Why would you expect anything else? It's not a bug in the webdna software, it's a bug in the human software ... :) Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.kengrome.com >Actually, we get it too. It is when we save the file that does the >WRITEFILE. If this file is created on a PC and the file is used on a >UNIX server. It has to do with the CR or LF not being formatted >correctly. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome"
>To: "WebDNA Talk" >Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:20 PM >Subject: Re: Annoying character on writefile... > >> >I get that character with nearly everything I write to file or >>even to >data base. I am not sure where it comes from, but it gets >>there by >itself, not from being added. >> >>Where does it appear in the file? In the middle somewhere? Or >>always at the beginning? Or always at the end? >> >>Sorry, I do not believe that webdna is doing ths without your help. >>No one else has ever complained about this -- you're the first -- >>yet WebDNA for OS X has been out for ages already ... and I don't >>think it is very likely that all the other webdna/osx users would >>have been able to ignore this issue if it were actually a bug. >> >>Of course I could be wrong about this, but I suspect your coding >>techniques far more than a possible bug. If you write code like >>this: >> >>[writefile] >>skg f,ksbdf blkvbsbgvbsdf vbsldfbls >>[/writefile] >> >>... you're putting two of those characters in there yourself, one >>at the beginning and one at the end of the file. The proper way to >>code a writefile context is like this: >> >>[writefile]skg f,ksbdf blkvbsbgvbsdf vbsldfbls[/writefile] >> >> >> >>By the way, you also claim that these characters are being written >>to your database files, but I fail to understand how this can >>happen either. Please post some of your code to show us how these >>characters are they being written to your database files, then >>maybe we can figure out what's really going on ... >> >>Sincerely, >>Kenneth Grome >>www.kengrome.com >> >> >> >> >> >>>I never had the problem when I was on Mac OS 9, but under OS X, >>>and now Linux, I have it all the time. I suspect a connection. >>> >>>>If you don't want the character in there, all you have to do is >>>>make sure it does not appear in your writefile context. WebDNA >>>>only writes what you tell it to write, it does not add stray >>>>characters on its own ... >>>> >>>>Sincerely, >>>>Kenneth Grome >>>>www.kengrome.com >>>> >>>>>[grep search=[ ]&replace=][/grep] >>>>> >>>>>Is what I do, but I would love to find an answer to keeping the >>>>>character out of there in the first place. >>>>> >>>>>>Hi >>>>>> >>>>>>Does anyone know hwo to get rid of or conver the following >>>>>>character during a writefile ? I am trying to write database >>>>>>information to an xml document to feed a flash app but it is >>>>>>bugging out with this character, I have also run into >>>>>>difficulties with it before when generating an html mail by >>>>>>write a file after the mail has been created. >>>>>> >>>>>>Any suggestions are very welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks >>>>>>Alan -- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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You should expect this to happen, that's what it's supposed to do. Just because you don't see carriage return characters when creating a file on Windows or on Mac OS 9 does not mean they are not there! Mac OS 9 uses CR's as new line characters. Windows uses a CR-LF combination. UNIX uses only LF's. So when you put a Windows or Mac OS 9 file (with invisible CR's in it) on a server running UNIX, the CR's are still in the files, so of course they will be written to the new file! Why would you expect anything else? It's not a bug in the webdna software, it's a bug in the human software ... :) Sincerely, Kenneth Grome www.kengrome.com >Actually, we get it too. It is when we save the file that does the >WRITEFILE. If this file is created on a PC and the file is used on a >UNIX server. It has to do with the CR or LF not being formatted >correctly. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grome" >To: "WebDNA Talk" >Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:20 PM >Subject: Re: Annoying character on writefile... > >> >I get that character with nearly everything I write to file or >>even to >data base. I am not sure where it comes from, but it gets >>there by >itself, not from being added. >> >>Where does it appear in the file? In the middle somewhere? Or >>always at the beginning? Or always at the end? >> >>Sorry, I do not believe that webdna is doing ths without your help. >>No one else has ever complained about this -- you're the first -- >>yet WebDNA for OS X has been out for ages already ... and I don't >>think it is very likely that all the other webdna/osx users would >>have been able to ignore this issue if it were actually a bug. >> >>Of course I could be wrong about this, but I suspect your coding >>techniques far more than a possible bug. If you write code like >>this: >> >>[writefile] >>skg f,ksbdf blkvbsbgvbsdf vbsldfbls >>[/writefile] >> >>... you're putting two of those characters in there yourself, one >>at the beginning and one at the end of the file. The proper way to >>code a writefile context is like this: >> >>[writefile]skg f,ksbdf blkvbsbgvbsdf vbsldfbls[/writefile] >> >> >> >>By the way, you also claim that these characters are being written >>to your database files, but I fail to understand how this can >>happen either. Please post some of your code to show us how these >>characters are they being written to your database files, then >>maybe we can figure out what's really going on ... >> >>Sincerely, >>Kenneth Grome >>www.kengrome.com >> >> >> >> >> >>>I never had the problem when I was on Mac OS 9, but under OS X, >>>and now Linux, I have it all the time. I suspect a connection. >>> >>>>If you don't want the character in there, all you have to do is >>>>make sure it does not appear in your writefile context. WebDNA >>>>only writes what you tell it to write, it does not add stray >>>>characters on its own ... >>>> >>>>Sincerely, >>>>Kenneth Grome >>>>www.kengrome.com >>>> >>>>>[grep search=[ ]&replace=][/grep] >>>>> >>>>>Is what I do, but I would love to find an answer to keeping the >>>>>character out of there in the first place. >>>>> >>>>>>Hi >>>>>> >>>>>>Does anyone know hwo to get rid of or conver the following >>>>>>character during a writefile ? I am trying to write database >>>>>>information to an xml document to feed a flash app but it is >>>>>>bugging out with this character, I have also run into >>>>>>difficulties with it before when generating an html mail by >>>>>>write a file after the mail has been created. >>>>>> >>>>>>Any suggestions are very welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks >>>>>>Alan -- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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