The display character for ASCII text depends on the font selected. If you are using Times New Roman or New Courier, there is a longer dash at chr(151).
Sounds like Word will save the doc as entered and do the changes on the fly. On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:49:12 -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Beau E. Cox) wrote: >Hi - > >I built a tiny .doc file with MS Word 2000 containing the text: > >hello - world > >Word did change the dash to a "long" dash on the screen. > >Next, I opened the .doc file in binary mode (I my case, using the >C++ built-in editor) and found that line: > >48 65 6C 6C 6F 20 96 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 0D 0D 0D >-or- >h e l l o -- w o r l d > >So the long dash is hex 96 or chr (150) > >Aloha => Beau. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gabby Dizon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:23 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: chr help > > >Hi, > >I have a subroutine that finds commonly found Unicode characters that >Microsoft Word uses (such as "smart quotes") and converts them to plain >ASCII text. However, there is one character whose chr() value I can't seem >to find - the MS Word long dash, which automatically replaces the normal >(short dash) when you press Enter. Does anyone know or can point me to a >location where I can find the chr() value of this character? All replies are >greatly appreciated. > >Gabby Dizon >Web Developer >INQ7 Interactive, Inc. >http://www.inq7.net >http://you.inq7.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
