Hi there,
Environment: MF Dialog system, Visual Cobol V3, .exe deployed on Windows servers/clients
PART 1.
I have a pic x field, 'Advert text' on an MF Dialog GUI window. User types text or pastes into it. Q1. do I end up with extended ascii presumably converted from whatever a user pastes (could be from an email or wherever). Q2. if I changed my MF dialog field to pic N, will I end up with UTF-16 - or some other form of extended character set?
PART 2.
I send a simple text file from pc to a mac with users text from above. I convert curly quotes and long dashes from extended to regular ascii and I change CRLF to just x'0d'. This works ok except for foreign characters which they fix the other end. Q3. Is there a better way to send a simple text file from pc to mac, preserving the user's extended ascii? Q4. If i switch to using pic N above allowing a broader range of characters, how might I then send the file to a mac?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Linden