Re: String works, variable that's a string does not.
Re: String works, variable that's a string does not.
- Subject: Re: String works, variable that's a string does not.
- From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:30:15 +1000
At 2:43 PM -0700 28/4/04, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Apr 28, 2004, at 1:38 PM, Lorin Rivers wrote:
Howcum?
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
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Malcolm Fitzgerald
Database Manager
The Australian Society of Authors
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professional interests of
Australia's literary creators.
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