CR vs LF in files - how to keep original chars when importing

[Mark Schonewille]

Metro,

function readFile theFile
  open file theFile for binary read
  read from file theFile until EOF
  close file theFile
  return it
end readFile

function readFile2 theFile
  return url ("binfile:" & theFile)
end readFile2

Mind the parentheses in the second example.

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On 23 mrt 2011, at 19:58, Metro wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> What is the recommended way of importing text files in which CRs are
> used as record delimiters and LFs are used as cell delimiters within
> each paragraph? I'm using Mac 10.5 and LiveCode 4.5 (upgrading to 4.6
> later today)? Both of these, CR and LF, are getting turned into LFs
> when I bring them in.
> 
> I want to bring this type of file into LiveCode, process it using the
> chunk functions, and then write it back out to file.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> m
>