tsNet mail message not formatting

[Bob Sneidar]

Thanks Matthias. Actually I use open file and write to file, but the results may be the same. Are you saying if use open binary file it will not translate the line endings?

Bob S


On Mar 3, 2021, at 1:51 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:

The problem is,  put URL file:  uses the line endings of the os where the it is executed, even if you have a container/variable with some text and line endings CRLF. As soon as you use put .... into URL "file:..." the line endings are converted to the default ones of the os where the code is excecuted. In case of macOS the line endings are converted from CRLF to CR.

If you want to keep the CRLF line endings on macOS then you have to use put .... into URL "binfile:..."  In this case the written data keeps the line endings you used when "filling" the container/variable.




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Matthias Rebbe
Life Is Too Short For Boring Code

Am 03.03.2021 um 22:43 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:

OK Now I am interested. I have a little utility that converts a Konica Minolta address book to a Toshiba one. If I run the utility on a Mac, the address book will not import into a Toshiba copier, but if I first OPEN the csv file in WINDOWS, then save and close it, suddenly it WILL import. I tracked this down some time ago to the fact that the line endings were different than the Toshiba was expecting. I thought I fixed it by using LF but I have the same problem as before. From what I am reading, the LC constants will return a different result on LC for Windows as opposed to LC for Mac??

Bob S