Because htmlText does not set the metadata to interesting characters, you can consider this workaround:
Change the quotes in tCONCEPT to “ and ”. And, thus, in tMETADATA. > On Sep 10, 2019, at 12:47 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > :) > 1. Jacque is very confused too, but is afraid of big sticks. > 2. Encoding should be identical throughout. I'm working with a large text > block, pulling out sections to create a list. All data is retrieved from othe > same variable, which is UTF16 native LC text. > 3. The metadata is only set at the "paragraph" level, which I need instead of > "line" because there is a soft return in each entry. > 4. I did try to textDecode the metadata, but since it was already decoded in > the source, decoding came out as garbage. I even tried encoding it too, > knowing it wouldn't work, and I was right. > > Solution: urlEncode the metadata before merging, and urlDecode after > retrieval. When my example is urlEncoded it becomes a simple string: > PP04_The+%D2Mystery%D3+of+Marriage > > I suppose anything that makes ascii out of the text would work, like base64. > > On 9/10/19 1:04 PM, dsc--- via use-livecode wrote: >> Jacque, these are my latest thoughts as far as possible problems. >> 1. Dar is very confused and off in the wrong direction. Use big stick. >> 2. Binary data is in an 8-bit char set encoding causing problems with UTF-8 >> decode. Check encoding. >> 3. Field, line and character metadata are interfering. Clear all, then set >> and get consistently. >> 4. Merge is not handling binary data as text. Use textDecode first. >> Dar Scott >> Mad Scientist > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
