- AW: - Unicode & RTF

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:15:57 +0100

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Dear Robert,

Which way are you using?

        a. - cut (copy) & paste via clipboard
        b. - File -> Save & File -> Load

My experience is:
- With old Windows (2000, NT, 98 ...) and old Office (2000, 97, ...) it is
working. By 2000 it depends on the Service Pack - new ones are not working.

- But with new Windows (XP) new Office (XP, 2003) you get in trouble with
cut & paste. Via Save & Load you get a better result.

I often transfer text from Outlook and from Word to BlackBox. Using cut and
Paste I often loose information, but using save and load it works most of
the time (not always).

I think Microsoft changed the format of RTF and BlackBox used the old one.

It is like my Unicode problem. There is no easy solution as long as BlackBox
must be compatible to Windows 98.

I have other topics too, which work with old Windows but not with XP.
E.g.: Links and program starts does not work on XP if you are using relative
filenames. Only absolute one works on XP.

Regards

Helmut


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Robert D (SELEX) (UK Edinburgh)
Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Januar 2006 13:01
An: BlackBox Mailing List
Betreff: [BlackBox] - Unicode & RTF


Hi

If I save and retrieve a document in Rich Text Format
I loose the unicode characters (they become '?' s).

Does anyone know if

1 - this is an RTF limitation

2 - this is a BlackBox limitation

3 - there is a simple fix?


(In truth, I want to read the file with Word.)



Thanks

Robert

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