Re: Updating fields from different platforms
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18968
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texte = At 13:05 Uhr 20.07.1998, Charles Kefauver wrote:>...The database has fields in six different languages, and>most fields use accented characters.>>I have setup my own conversions.db file that translates Mac characters to>HTML code. It all works fine, as long as the user is using a Macintosh>Browser. The problem occurs when a PC user tries to update the database...If nobody has a ready-made conversion db, I think you will have to asksomeone typing the characters on a PC into a form. Then you will see whatyou get and expand your conversion table. I did it for german language, butwe do not have as many special characters like you. Fortunately I did notget cross-referenced values for Mac and PC.Peter__________________________________________Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.comOstry & Partner - Ostry Internet SolutionsAuhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austriafon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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At 13:05 Uhr 20.07.1998, Charles Kefauver wrote:>...The database has fields in six different languages, and>most fields use accented characters.>>I have setup my own conversions.db file that translates Mac characters to>HTML code. It all works fine, as long as the user is using a Macintosh>Browser. The problem occurs when a PC user tries to update the database...If nobody has a ready-made conversion db, I think you will have to asksomeone typing the characters on a PC into a form. Then you will see whatyou get and expand your conversion table. I did it for german language, butwe do not have as many special characters like you. Fortunately I did notget cross-referenced values for Mac and PC.Peter__________________________________________Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.comOstry & Partner - Ostry Internet SolutionsAuhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austriafon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21
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