The system will prevent unacceptable files. What it cannot do is deal with files where the content of the file is valid, but wrong The problem that we have encountered concerns use of different codepages, and special characters. Internally, FreeBMD uses the windows-1252 encoding, and anyhing displayed by the show file facility would also use that encoding (if it didn't, your browser would display strange characters. One of the most common accented characters found in transcription is the letter e with an acute accent. Let us assume that such a character was transcribed, in the UK, using SpeedBMD. In the transcribed file, that character would be code point 130. However, if we left that code point unchanged, it would display in search results as a single opening "smart quote", because code point 130 in the codepage that we use has a different meaning for that point. To get round the problem, FreeBMD uses codepage mapping when processing files. The file from SpeedBMD will have "cp850" in its headers, telling the server to translate from cp850 to windows-1252. Whenever the server processes this file, it will translate code point 130 into code point 233, which is what windows-1152 uses for e with acute accent. If this file is downloaded from show file, it will have code point 233, and a header that says cp850.The file will look OK in notepad (because notepad uses windows-1152). However, when it is uploaded again, it will see code point 233, which in code page 850 is Upper case U with accute accent. Not what was transcribed, but an entirely valid character to appear in a name. It will translate that to code point 218 (the equivalent code point in windows-1252) There is nothing there that the server could use to determine that something is wrong with the file. On 12 April 2010 13:31, Brian Smart <brian-smart@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Hello David, > Surely the system needs to be changed so that unacceptable files cannot be > uploaded not stopping the copy facility. What is going to be done to > replace > the facility that was available? > Regards > > Brian Smart > > -----Original Message----- > From: freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of david mayall > Sent: 12 April 2010 11:57 > To: freebmd-syndicates > Subject: Re: Highlighting Data from "Show File" Page > > Yes a block has been introduced. > > Unfortunately, people have been copying the data, and re-uploading it after > modification. > > This causes problems with special characters. > > 2010/4/12 Peter Jones <red_rose_syndicate@yahoo.co.uk> > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Since about noon yesterday I am no longer able to select any data from > > pages displayed via the "Show File" facility, whether it be a single line > or > > using "Edit, Select All" on the Toolbar. Has a block been introduced? > > I look forward to an early response, > > Peter > > > > Peter M Jones > > Red Rose Syndicate > > FreeBMD > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Dave Mayall > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dave Mayall