EllenG Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I am converting a solution from FMP6 to FMP10. On many (but not all) fields where there is an apostrophe, I am getting a very strange character (no way to print it here.) I am running a conversion script on the applicable fields to replace the character with the apostrophe. For some reason, it will correctly convert some data, but not all. For example, I have a field called Name that may have names like "Chico's Baby" or "Patagonia's Maria". Although both had the bad character, the substitute script only worked on one and not the other. I thought this may have been just a problem with MAC importing data from a PC file, but the same results happen on the PC. I verified that the data in the FMP6 files are showing correctly. This is showing up all over the place in different fields and files; wherever there is an apostrophe (but again, it is not happening to all apostrophes.) Can anyone tell me how I can fix this import problem??? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Why don't you post a file with a few examples - it sounds like you had 'smart' quotes turned on, but without seeing the actual characters it's only a guess. You didn't say what your conversion script does, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenG Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Yes, it appears to be a smart quotes problem. Now, I am re-writing my conversion scripts to replace the bad quotes. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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