Pat,

> 
> On Nov 15, 2018, at 5:18 PM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I want to break this file down into individual files for each table, to
> make it more manageable. So I created a method to parse the file and create
> a new file for each table.
> But ...
> The content all looks like gobbledygook when opened in 4D - eg:
> ,'xÃÃÃÂ
> 

You did not say how you opened it in 4D. If you used Document to text, you need 
to specify right character set. If you used BLOB commands or RECEIVE PACKET, 
all the possible parameters involved can lead to the problems you are seeing.


> The character set is UTF-8.
> If I open it in BBEdit it looks fine (readable text).

And the popup at the bottom in BBEdit says "UTF-8"? 

John DeSoi, Ph.D.

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