Scott, After changing to binfile it loads without the extra spaces. But then I run into other issues using contains etc. on the returned text.
So I had to come up with a bit of code to strip out what I need etc. But I think It must be the UTF issue. Tom -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Mar 9, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > This is really dumb, but have you tried reading as binary (binfile) instead > of file? I recently found that LiveCode was not seeing returns in text files > saved out of LiveCode, and opening using binfile seems to have solved my > issue (though don't know why). > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > On Mar 9, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> wrote: > >> I am getting back an extra space between each character when getting the >> contents of a file. Any ideas how this is happening? Why? How to fix it? >> >> >> The text in the file is: >> 09-03-2013 09:01:16 F3 F3 F3 >> >> and the text I am getting back with extra spaces: >> 0 9 - 0 3 - 2 0 1 3 0 9 : 0 1 : 1 6 F 3 F 3 F 3 >> >> Here is the code: >> >> function TAGetEvent >> put URL ("file:" & (specialFolderPath("Support") & slash & >> "KeyTrapper" & slash & "Events.txt")) into tFile >> return tFile >> end TAGetEvent >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tom >> >> -- Tom McGrath III >> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com >> mcgra...@mac.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 _______________________________________________ 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
