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Tab Codes From DP Converted To ^I Codes Durin |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Symptoms: When the customer merges files from DataPerfect in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, Tab codes are improperly translated to ^I (Ctrl-I) codes. Solutions: When WP retrieves an ASCII file, the document is converted from ASCII text into a WP document. The ASCII Tab code is converted from 09h to C1h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h C1h. WP uses a fixed-length, nine byte code for a Tab. The different values contain the type of Tab and its location in the document. This differs from WP 4.2 which used 09h as a single byte code for a Tab. When WP merges a WP 4.2 secondary file containing Tab codes, the 09h Tab codes are brought into WP 5.1 as 09h or ^I. When WP merges from a secondary file, none of the information in the secondary file is processed. All codes are brought in as ASCII characters: 31h is brought in as "a", 41h is brought in as "A", and 09h is brought in as "^I" (Developer's Toolkit pg. 26-27). WP 4.2 files are "100% translatable into WP 5.1". The files need to be converted using the convert program, or by retrieving the file into WP 5.1. WP 4.2 files that are retrieved into WP 5.1 are automatically converted. Since DP files are in WP 4.2 format, they are also "100% translatable into WP 5.1" using CONVERT.EXE or by retrieving the file into WP 5.1. However, since secondary files are not converted into WP 5.1 format during the merge process, all characters in the ASCII file will be the same value in the WP 5.1 document. The customer's file will need to be retrieved into WP 5.1 to convert the 09h codes into C1h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h C1h. CONVERT.EXE, when converting this type of file to a WP 5.1 secondary file, will also bring 09h in as ^I (See Folio memo 20966M in the WP51 and WPWIN51 infobases). |
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