Pat, you can get the file to open in Bbedit. have you tried resaving the file?
you can/should be able to set the line endings, and the character set. Chip On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:13:13 +0000, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech wrote: > Hi John, > I've tried opening the document with Document to Text, Receive Packet, and > Blob to Text. They all yield the same result. > > Pat > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 02:03, John DeSoi via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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: >>> ,'xÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Â ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ >>> ’Ĉ>>> >> >> 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. >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > > > > -- > ************************************************* > CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing > tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 > w: http://www.catbase.com > skype: pat.bensky > ************************************************* > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
