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Re: String works, variable that's a string does not.

Subject: Re: String works, variable that's a string does not.
From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:15:10 -0700

On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:30 PM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:

Because text returned of a dialog is a unicode string, and the file type and creators require plain old ASCII strings.

"Set text_returned to text_returned as string" will not do it, even though it appears to make the change. here is a work around that works:

<snip>

Michelle, you really love to type.

What's wrong with this: set text_returned to "" & text_returned

It doesn't work. Try it in context.

-- Michelle

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We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem.
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References:
	>String works, variable that's a string does not. (From: Lorin Rivers <email@hidden>)
	>Re: String works, variable that's a string does not. (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)
	>Re: String works, variable that's a string does not. (From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>)

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