Re: [WinMac] Troublesome Keyboard Characters


Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]lazerware.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:21:03 -0500


At 11:01 AM -0500 9/9/99, jstahl wrote:
>I am authoring cross-platform technical databases using FileMaker Pro on the
>Mac. Two Mac symbols will not reproduce on the Windows side and I am
>looking for a fix.

        Well, I would start by filing a bug report against FMPro -
that's pretty stupid on their part to not deal with this internally!

>Using a quotation mark for inches and using the
>less-than-or-equal-to symbol produces some interesting mystery characters
>when viewed on the Windows side. The fix has to use standard keyboard
>characters readily available on both platforms without the need for special
>fonts. Any ideas??
>
        Well, a non-smart quote ' - will work just fine on both
platforms. And for less-than-or-equal-to, use the two characters
next to each other (<=) as done in standard programming languages.

Leonard

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