On 2009-10-21 10:48 , Andrew Brown wrote:
> I need to export 600 records as separate files for a group of people,
> some use Macs, others Windows.
>
> All records have blank lines in them, which FMP exports as control
> characters.
that is what FileMaker does for line ends embedded in field values
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> I can handle these on a Mac with BBEdit, but if I touch the
> Windows files they cease to be useable.
not sure what "cease to be usable" means, but it sounds like you need a
better tool on Windows
> How do people handle this cross-platform curse? Is there a way of
> exporting carriage returns from FMP? Or a way of exporting RTF?
this is not a cross-platform issue; you'll need to replace the vertical
tabs which represent the returns; you could do that before or after
exporting
the accents you mention on your post on the Mac OS X list are a
character set issue which could be resolved by exporting Unicode text; i
also explained there how to add a few tags to a text file to make it RTF
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