> Can anyway give a suggestion on how to get rid of these funny > Word characters?
Try Taz's CT for the job: http://www.tazmedia.co.uk/software/tags/try_CleanMSText.cfm Tim. ------------------------------------------------------- Try the ColdFusion Coding Contest! Current contest: Maze Solver - http://tech.badpen.com/cfcontest/ ------------------------------------------------------- RAWNET LTD - Internet, New Media and ebusiness Gurus. WE'VE MOVED - for our new address, please visit our website at http://www.rawnet.com/ or call us any time on 0800 294 24 24. ------------------------------------------------------- This message may contain information which is legally privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorised disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this information is strictly prohibited. Such notification notwithstanding, any comments, opinions, information or conclusions expressed in this message are those of the originator, not of rawnet limited, unless otherwise explicitly and independently indicated by an authorised representative of rawnet limited. ------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Humphris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 February 2004 15:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ cf-dev ] strip out Word characters > > Hi all, > > I've got a problem with Word characters in html - the > apostrophe and quote characters. > 1. I save the Word doc as "html (filtered)". > 2. Then upload the html file through a web form. > 3. When I try to output the html on screen, the two > characters are replaced by the "square" character. > > I've tried doing a Replace() on the text before outputting > it. Replacing all instances of the apostrophe and quote > characters with the html equivalent. > I've tried referencing the funny characters using Chr(8216) and > Chr(8220) but it doesn't work and I always end up with a "square" > character - or Chr(63). > > Can anyway give a suggestion on how to get rid of these funny > Word characters? > > Many thanks, Douglas > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
