Re: Cross platform problem with Convertchars

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46510
interpreted = N
texte = Eddie Z. wrote:> This is the first time I've been stumped in a long time so hopefully someone can > help me: > I'm trying to append some text from a textarea into a db. The problem: the text > is usually copied from Word which means special characters (quote marks, > apostrophes and dashes to name a few). We are using Webcat 4x on NT. I do not > have any problems achieving this using a Mac browser (Netscape or IE). My > problem is on the PC versions of IE. As soon as they come across a special > character, it lops off everything after it. I have tried [convertchars] tags but > they did not work. I set up my own convert db and called it by [convertchars > db=myconvert.db], but neither the Mac nor the PC seem to acknowledge the db. I > have tried to convert the characters to their html version (i.e. ’) and to > another character such as turning all quotes into inch marks(). Nothing seems > to work. Any ideas? > > textarea: > > > append: > [append db=../db/article.db]asku=[asku]&atitle=[convertchars > db=../db/myconvert.db][atitle][/convertchars]&adate=[adate]&a=[convertchars > db=../db/myconvert.db][a][/convertchars][/append]Its usually good to [url][/url] your text to the database.. try that and see if it is still lopped off.Donovan > > > myconvert.db contains: > from to > ë ' > ì > î > ? - >-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------<><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Cross platform problem with Convertchars (Terry Wilson 2002)
  2. Re: Cross platform problem with Convertchars (Donovan 2002)
  3. Cross platform problem with Convertchars (Eddie Z. 2002)
Eddie Z. wrote:> This is the first time I've been stumped in a long time so hopefully someone can > help me: > I'm trying to append some text from a textarea into a db. The problem: the text > is usually copied from Word which means special characters (quote marks, > apostrophes and dashes to name a few). We are using Webcat 4x on NT. I do not > have any problems achieving this using a Mac browser (Netscape or IE). My > problem is on the PC versions of IE. As soon as they come across a special > character, it lops off everything after it. I have tried [convertchars] tags but > they did not work. I set up my own convert db and called it by [convertchars > db=myconvert.db], but neither the Mac nor the PC seem to acknowledge the db. I > have tried to convert the characters to their html version (i.e. ’) and to > another character such as turning all quotes into inch marks(). Nothing seems > to work. Any ideas? > > textarea: > > > append: > [append db=../db/article.db]asku=[asku]&atitle=[convertchars > db=../db/myconvert.db][atitle][/convertchars]&adate=[adate]&a=[convertchars > db=../db/myconvert.db][a][/convertchars][/append]Its usually good to [url][/url] your text to the database.. try that and see if it is still lopped off.Donovan > > > myconvert.db contains: > from to > ë ' > ì > î > ? - >-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------<><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Donovan

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