Flare 2018 issues - ??? in htm outputs

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Shokre
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Flare 2018 issues - ??? in htm outputs

Post by Shokre »

Hello,

We've bumped into something we've never seen before with Flare 2017 and tri pane nav.
We use the same doc file to import, but the output just doesn't make sense for some characters.
Even the same characters at different locations render differently.
For exmaple, an "-" in input can remain "-" (like for the Source controller in sample below) or become "???" in the output.
Same goes for other charaters like " . ' etc...

See the htm code below.

Imported, converted files form the Word doc. file.
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Source controller</span><span class="span_3"> -</span> This button....</p>
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Object’s</span><span class="span_3"> -</span> Use the spinner...</p>
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Normal</span><span class="span_3"></span> This is...</p>

Output htm files, side navigation.
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Source controller</span><span class="span_3"> -</span> This button...</p>
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Object???s</span><span class="span_3"> -</span> Use the spinner...</p>
<p><span class="ParameterNameSSChar_1">Normal</span><span class="span_3"> ???</span> This is...</p>


Any thoughts ?

Thank you.

Regards,
Kresimir
Psider
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Re: Flare 2018 issues - ??? in htm outputs

Post by Psider »

It could be a character that looks like a hyphen but is not. For example a non-breaking hyphen.

You can search in Word for that character by opening the Advanced Find dialog box (Home tab, Find > Advanced Find in the Editing section), click More then select Nonbreaking Hyphen from the Special button.

If it's not that one, there's a Word macro described here that can tell you what a character is so you can replace it with the one you want.
https://wordribbon.tips.net/T009041_Fin ... acter.html
Shokre
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Re: Flare 2018 issues - ??? in htm outputs

Post by Shokre »

Thanks for the hint.
It seems that the MS Word did some autocorrect madness, so by disabling it, ASCII 39 (') now remains ASCII 39 as otherwise MSW has converted it to 146 automatically.

I have no idea why Flare 2018 doesn't know how to import those chars.
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