Re: I was wrong about the non-encoding troubles...

[Eric Hoaglin <hoaglin at students dot sonoma dot edu>]

Hi,
aren't HTML files suppose to be saved as plain text files?
Sorry I don't have a fix, but I do see a few places you could add a line of code.

> Hi all,
>
> here's a small snippet I used to save text from EditField and get it back.
>
>
> Until I type some comments - using ASCII > 127 characters - in my html
> files I wasn't able to see the trouble.
>
>
> Basically, what must I change there ?
> (of course, I want the styles I put in the text)
>
>
> Emile
>
>
>
> a. Read a text file
> ----------------
>
> // Open the text file in an EditField
> //
> Dim f As FolderItem
>
> // Ask the user to choose a text file
> f = GetOpenFolderItem("application/text")
> If f = Nil Then
        f.close//So you don't get an error later
> Return
> End If
>
> // Open the text file and put its contents into the EditField
> f.OpenStyledEditField wMain.EFSource
     f.close//You should add this here
> b. Write a text file
> -----------------
>
> // Save the EditField in a text file
> //
> Dim f As FolderItem
>
> // Ask the user to choose a destination text file
> f = GetSaveFolderItem("application/text","Default.html")
> If f = Nil Then
       f.close//same here
> Return
> End If
>
> // Open the text file and put its contents into the EditField
> f.SaveStyledEditField wMain.EFSource
     f.close // you might want to add this too

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