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bill_singleton
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accented characters

Post by bill_singleton » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:34 pm

In my DBF file, some fields have French words, and some of the words contain accented characters.____The accents appear fine in the DBF file (using Lotus Approach) but when I run the R&R report using the DBF file the accents do not appear.____In early 2008, I raised this question, solved the problem, but did not write it down, and have since changed computers. I recall there being a relatively simple setting in a Windows file, but could be wrong.____Please advise how to get the accents to come out in the R&R report____Thank you.

kfleming
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=> RE: accented characters

Post by kfleming » Sun May 02, 2010 8:54 pm

Edit the file RRW.SRT that is in the R&R program folder.__Remove the semi colon from the start of the line that says:__;DBCHARS=ANSI____That should take care of things.____Kathleen__R&R Support

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==> RE: accented characters

Post by bill_singleton » Mon May 03, 2010 8:48 pm

>Edit the file RRW.SRT that is in the R&R program folder. __>Remove the semi colon from the start of the line that says: __>;DBCHARS=ANSI __>__>That should take care of things. __>__>Kathleen __>R&R Support ____I can find a file "rsw.srt" and another file "rsw20.srt". Both are in the folder "REportworks Inifinity". But I cannot find RRW.SRT____The first two files appear to be narratives about sorting, but there is no line that has ;DBCHARS=ANSI.____

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===> RE: accented characters

Post by kfleming » Wed May 05, 2010 8:55 pm

Since you said DBF, I assumed you were using the Xbase version.__In the SQL version you edit the file RSWSQL.INI and set DBANSI for the appropriate data source. RSWSQL.INI is a self documented file so open it up and look for DBANSI.____Kathleen__R&R Support

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====> RE: accented characters

Post by bill_singleton » Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:46 pm

Still not succeeding.____I opened RSWSQL.INI and inserted a line DBCHARS=ANSI.____That had no effect.____I then looked back in your archived discussion and found what appears to be a similar problem with a user wanting a Spanish character. (I want characters in the French alphabet, such as é and ç.)____In his case, you recommended creation of a new file RRW.SRT which would contain only the line DBCHARS=ANSI. I created and saved the file in the ReportWorks Infinity folder.____Still no impact.____I^m using XBase edition Version 12, Build 12.5.001____

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=====> RE: accented characters

Post by kfleming » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:48 pm

If you are using the Xbase version, create a text file called:__RRW.SRT in the R&R folder and add a line that says:____DBCHARS=ANSI____This should work for you.____Kathleen__R&R Support

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