char conversion when copy+paste into a text field
554271Feb 9 2011 — edited Feb 11 2011I have text field in my 6i custom form. Users are copy+pasting large amounts of text into this field. Typically
this is lessor/lessee agreement clause kinda information. Currently that text is in word documents. There are
various characters in the source text(word document) which are not translating well when copy+pasted.
For example: The source text has a word like "condi-tion" (the word breaking between 2 lines they have a hypen). When
the user copy+pastes this word, into the text field, forms is first converting it into "condi¬tion" and then converting the "-" into a "?" while
saving to the db. When the user queries back the record, it is displaying the word as "condi?tion". Similarly, some instances where they have double spaces
or where they have "’" (example the word LESSEE’S) instead of "'" (ie., instead of LESSEE'S), the form is converting them
into "?" too.
Why is this happening. Is there a way to stop the internal conversion of 'special' chars?
Thanks,
Chiru