Convert - Extended Characters From WordStar 3

DocumentID: 652784
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:18 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using the Canadian English release of WordPerfect. If the customer tries to convert a WordStar 3.3 file to WP 5.1 and the file has French characters, line draw characters have replaced the French characters in the converted file. Solutions: WordStar offers an extended character set (in high ASCII) in their international versions of the program but not in the US versions. The way that WordStar handles foreign characters is to insert an ESC character (1Bh) at the beginning and the characters ^\ (1Ch) at the end of the foreign characters. CONVERT.EXE just throws out the control characters and prints the extended value that is left. This is why the WP documents will print line draw characters instead of the international characters. In future programs, this type of conversion may be handled in a better fashion.

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