[WinMac] Re: Win-Mac ASCII conversion

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:13:38 -0400

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>ASCII codes above 128 are different on Mac and Windows, so when I export
>records from a FileMaker database to tab-delimited text, what I get for
>accented characters depends on the platform used for the export.
>
>What I need to do is export from a Windows machine in a text format that a
>Mac user can read, including all the accents.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to do this, or some conversion program that can
>handle it?

Have you tried MacLink Plus? it used to do wonders for me...

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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