Jim- I am using Microsoft Outlook, and the '%0D%0A' works perfectly for including carriage returns in the email paragraphs. Originally, I tried to use the R-Base 'CHAR (13) and (10)', and although they are recognized by R-Base, Outlook seemed to not know how to handle them.
Lee Bailey Bailey & Associates E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 954-659-1780 Fax: 954-659-1781 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Limburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:41 AM Subject: Re: MORE HOW-TO EMAIL info > G-Day > > A few things to add to this topic.. > This is a working situation while using Netscape > Messenger as the client on my machine. I have not > tested this on other clients. > Within a week or two we are suppose to get our > licenses for Groupwise and will be able set up > clients in this environment, and I will report more. > I have read some, but haven't had time to research > it, that there is a standard that all email clients > are suppose to respect. At least, this is a hint I > am getting from different sources. I will do some > research today, along with a lot of reading in our > Groupwise book... > > I have figured out that the '%0D%0A' like it states > in the link provided in the previous article is the > Hex representation of rbase's ((CHAR(13))+(CHAR(10))) > which we all know to be Line Feed and Carriage Return. > In other words, ASCII characters. For those on the > list that has never ventured down this road, get a > copy of the ASCII conversion charts Character Codes. > Use Windows Standard Calculator (in Scientific mode - > not Standard), click the Hex option button. Type in > the Hex representation for the ASCII code -- in this > example I entered D, then I clicked the Dec option > button and you will get the Decimal equivalent.. If > you look this up in the ASCII chart it will be 13. > By the way you can also be in Dec mode and type in > the 13 and click the Hex option to see it's > representation as well... In the use within the > email system it looks as if it's a single character > returned it has to be in a %xx format so we have to > use 0D ( a zero and a D ). > > I also reference this little freebie at times when > I'm on the road: This is an exe to extract a windows > hlp file that contains the ASCII chart and other > conversion information. > http://www.sunncity.com/Download/ASCIIcatalog6.3.html > > > When I learn more, I will pass it on > Jim Limburg
