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rvBasic

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John,

The source code you publish systematically shows a ¬ sign on my WinMe system instead of a comma (,). Copying and pasting the code in an editor does solve the problem however. Nevertheless it is rather annoying.

What character set do you use and could you possibly use a "normal" character set?

Or am I the only one to experience this problem?? (In which case I should feel embarrassed)

Robert _________________________________
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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I have no idea how to affect the character set of a HTML Textarea.
Here are four commas ,,,, in the clear.
Here is code pasted from VB IDE (Lucida Console)
Code: 
Private Sub txtEmployer_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    objGControls.MouseDownPopUp txtEmployer, Button, Shift, X, Y, frmMain.mnuEdit
End Sub
The VB IDE is now set to Courier New
Code: 
Private Sub txtEmployer_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    objGControls.MouseDownPopUp txtEmployer, Button, Shift, X, Y, frmMain.mnuEdit
End Sub
Is there any difference?

 
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Not for me.

MichaelRed
mred@att.net

There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over
 
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I'll have to check at home. I have a new Win 2000 Pro at work. I can only try to paste to Notepad and copy from there if there is a problem. Is it only commas in code?
Code: 
these are commas copied and pasted from the VB IDE
,,,,,,,,
Code: 
these are commas copied from VB IDE, pasted to Notepad, copied from Notepad and pasted here.
,,,,,,,,

Are either or BOTH of these sets coming out as a not sign?
 
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Hey Mike,
When you said "Not for me." did you mean that you saw "not-signs" before and are still seeing them from the pasted Lucita Console Font of my first response or that you never saw any "not-signs" in the first place?
Bud. Who's on first?
Lou. Right.

Bud. Take the next left?
Lou. Right.
(Bud take a right.)
(Yes take a left or no take a right)
I'm so confused.
 
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Results from your first reply:
Here are four commas ,,,, in the clear.
This sentence is the only one that shows comma's !!!

All other ones show ¬ (NOT) signs. Even for the courier new, which is the most common character set.

The problem is I can't show it, because as soon as I copy and paste into this reply window, the NOTs magically disappear: these are commas copied from VB IDE, pasted to Notepad, copied from Notepad and pasted here.
,,,,,,,,

So it probably has something to do with my browser settings ?? or codepages ?? There is a View Menu that shows an entry Coding. This is set to West European(Windows)

There is another entry Automatic Selection that gives an error message ("Next items must be downloaded" but no items are listed and subsequently the download fails)

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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I'm really embarassed to admit that we have probably a personal one to one problem, which I fail to understand...

But I've survived more difficult situations ...

I'll keep you posted on any progress (?) I'll make on this one. This shouldn't keep you from posting your most usefull responses.
If you agree I'll do the same...

PS: I can't believe I'm the ONLY one having this problem, as my system was pre-installed with the hardware and I didn't modify it.

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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Johns commas are also ok for me. WinNT, Western European.
Sunaj
 
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Sorry to be so late getting back to this "party"? It is Roast rvBasic? Isn't it? ALL of the purported "Commas" show up as Commas for me.

P.S. I'm SURE John has planted a worm in EVERTHING he posts here with an rvBasic recognition routine, just to get him. John, could you please send me a copy of ths reoutine? I can think of a few uses ...

MichaelRed
mred@att.net

There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over
 
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With all this talk about my "characters" you'd think I was Jim Varney in "Earnest, Scared Stupid" ("I'm the Ottoman, Do you smell fish?. Ya gotta take the high ground)".
rvBasic. I assure you I am not "gaslighting" you. (from "Gaslight" with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer and one of Robert Blake's favorite terms).
How are you set on Internet Propertie / Fonts?
I have Language Script: Latin, Web Page Text Times New Roman, Plain Text Courier New.
It has to be on your end.
Code: 
I am typing commas on the next line, not pasting
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I am pasting commas from VB IDE on next line
,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 
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Dear John, Michael, Chaz, sunaj, and all others: I'm sorry that this is getting out of hand (I almost wrote ... personal)

I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER meant that John or any other person did intentionally harass my comma's into NOT signs. I agree that the wording in the following sentence I'm really embarassed to admit that we have probably a personal one to one problem, which I fail to understand... could (and has) been interpreted in another way than it was meant. English is not my native language and therefore I should have been more careful.

What I wanted to say was that if I'm the ONLY one to experience this phenomenon (and it looks like I am) then there must be some malcommunication between our two systems.
No more, no less. And please, from now on, let out the personal.

I appreciate too much this forum and its experts and I have no reason whatsoever to upset any of them. I hope you feel the same.

John: my Internet settings are the same as yours: Latin, Times New Roman, Courier New. _________________________________
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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I never took it personally and I think that some others are just having a little innocent "sport" with you.
Seriously though. You didn't answer my last post. I put in two sets of commas, one typed and one pasted. How do you see each set in your browser and if you say "What Post?" I'll know this whole thing really was a prank.
 
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Dammit John, all I see are commas.

How are you keeping your nots away from me?????

LET US ALL SEE THE NOTS

Chaz
 
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John et. al.

There is no difference in the two sets, you posted. Believe it or not: I have ... NOTs

If you (or anyone else interested in this mystery) could give me an e-mail address I can send you two Screen Captures (saved as JohnAug20.jpg and JohnAug22.jpg) with the offending ¬ signs. You can also clearly see that the font used in the samples does not show as Courier New.

I'm really baffled because I don't experience the problem with anybody else's code and I guess that some of them too copy their code straight from the IDE. _________________________________
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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PS. I did already send the captures to Michael, because his e-mail address is posted in this thread.

Robert _________________________________
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]
 
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