AppleScript issue with returns in database (FMP) fields

[Ken Ray]

On 8/11/05 7:53 AM, "Daniel Wenger" <DanielWenger at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> I have an AppleScript script in a Revolution stack. The script, when
> tested via the (AppleScript) Script Editor, gets records from a File
> Maker Pro (ver. 5) database without problem. Some fields in the FMP
> database have returns separating lines of text. The Script Editor
> brings the returns into the result with no problem.
> 
> When the script is executed in Revolution via a "do as AppleScript"
> command the result returns the information from the FMP fields with
> the return chars missing. All lines from within the FMP field are
> joined together.
> 
> Any ideas as to how to fix this?

I think FM Pro uses a different character for returns in a field, I think
it's ASCII 11, which may not show up as a visible char.


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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