Hi Warren, Are you trying to read the files on a windows machine? Probably you need to replace cr with crlf before saving the data.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 15 mei 2011, at 07:26, Warren Kuhl wrote: > I have articles which I am saving. The user has the option of saving > the files individually or in a zip file. When I save them > individually, the articles seem to get saved with carriage returns so > the paragraphs are separated. When I save into a zip file, the > articles seem to be saved without carriage returns. > > Below is the code I am using to save either as individual files or in > a zip file. tArticle is my variable with the article. I have added > breakpoints to confirm the carriage returns. Any reason why they > would be removed when adding to a zip file? > > if hilite of button "Zip File" Of card is true then > put (tFileName & tArticleCount & ".txt") into tFile > revZipAddItemWithData tZipFile, tFile, "tArticle" > else > put tArticle into URL ("File:" & tSaveFile & tArticleCount > & ".txt") > end if > > Thanks, > Warren _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode