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 <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Pat, > > > > > On Nov 15, 2018, at 5:18 PM, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> 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: > > ,'xÃÃà> > > > 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:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** -- ************************************************* 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:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
