or something like: rereplace(myMSWordText, "[^[:alnum:]|[:punct:]]", "", "ALL")
> -----Original Message----- > From: Taz -=TT=- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 September 2002 13:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] non ascii MSword malarchy > > > Its a complete arse.. I don't think there is a good way to > stop the crap > getting through, so I always tell clients to paste it into > notepad, then > copy it from there and paste it into activedit > > I think a bunch of Regexs to get rid of all the M$ crap would > be a hell of a > lot of code. > > Taz > > > > No -- various clients have CMS where they are copying > contents of a Word > doc > > into a form field (activeedit for instance) and then save > it to their db. > > I'm looking for a way to strip illegal characters from this > when it is > > submitted and convert them to ascii characters... > > > > hope that's clearer! > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
