Encodings on RB 5

[Francois Van Lerberghe]

le 11-09-03 9:18, Cindy <alvin at ins.co.nz> a écrit :

> Hi All,
> 
> Just trying to finalise my windows version so it talks to the Mac. Behind
> the scenes I have an ID code to identify each record. This code can use any
> of the 256 characters except for obvious ones such as return, ", etc.
> 
> On my Mac I may have a code for a record such as: 00TÈX@
Kw
> 
> When I look at the files on the PC that I have copied over from the Mac, the
> same record's identity code is now: 00TÈX at Y´Kw

You could use a VFixedBinary instead of, I suppose, a VString field. I think
the VFixedBinary is not modified.
To test...

Best regards

François Van Lerberghe
Thier Monty, 15A
B-4570 Marchin
Belgique