I think you nailed it Bernd. That scans with all that I am seeing in troubleshooting.
Bob S > On Sep 15, 2024, at 11:50 AM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > charToNum has been deprecated, I think since LC 7.0 > > It is replaced by nativeCharToNum() and byteToNum > > (As of LC 10.0.0 charToNum maps to nativeCharToNum, see release notes) > > This covers the ASCII range. > > For unicode you use codepointToNum() > > I suspect that the small difference you see in file size is a Byte Order > Mark, BOM at the beginning of the Konica Minolta address book. > > You could try to use "open file" to import the Konica Minolta address book. > > open file tFilePath for read > read from file tFilePath until EOF > put it into tData > close file tFilePath > > The dictionary states > > From 7.0, it's possible to specify an encoding for the file being > opened. By doing so, you can straight read or write to a file without > having to call textEncode or textDecode; the encoding supported by > open file are the same as these text encoding functions. If no encoding > is provided, then open file tries to read a Byte Order Mark (BOM) exists > at the beginning of the file. In success, the encoding is adapted and the > BOM is ignored. > > > If my assumption that there is a BOM is correct then after opening and > reading from the file should give you the same length of the data since the > BOM is not part of the data. > I guess that is also the reason why SublimeText sees both files as identical. > It probably also ignores the BOM. > > I am just guessing and I am not an expert for these matters but maybe this > gives you an idea to try. > > Kind regard > Bernd > > > Bob wrote > > Also, if charToNum is deprecated, what do I use to compare t he ascii values > of > two characters?? > > _______________________________________________ > 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
