Re: [WinMac] Double-byte again! <don't you just love this topic ;-) >

Carl Ketterling(carl[at]thursby.com)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:12:15 -0600

The latest version of DAVE uses Apple's Text Encoding Converter to
address double-byte characters in filenames. This allows us to copy
files with Kanji characters to a Windows computer and the result is the
same Kanji name on Windows. This is most apparent in the Japanese market
where DAVE is available in a Japanese version, but it should work the
same in the English version with the Text Encoding Converter code page
set to Japanese.

Carl Ketterling
carl@thursby.com

On 1/29/99 7:53 PM, thomas kase <thomas@accessio.com> wrote...

>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Subject: Re: [WinMac] More on double-byte issues
>> From: Carl Ketterling <carl@thursby.com>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:51:26 -0600
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>> I think the easy answer is in this statement.
>>
>> >> However, accessing the same server and document via DAVE,
>> >> the file copies nicely.
>>
>> Carl Ketterling
>> carl@thursby.com
>
>
>Sorry, Carl, DAVE only handles the file *copy* accurately,
>the file *name* (if in double-byte) collapses under DAVE as
>well. "zannen deshita" - as the Japanese would say. ;-)
>My fault, I should have been more specific.
>
>Granted, it is better to be able to copy and get a strange looking
>file name with the content intact than get an interrupted transfer
>and nothing so using DAVE is better than SFM.
>
>After checking more thoroughly, Win95 can't copy intact from
>NT either so I think it's a deeper lying Windows problem.
>
>As often is the case with Windows, we have found that the
>'solution' is to change our work habits and do less (i.e. not use
>Japanese in any file name) and 'solve' the problem that way.
>
>"What did you want to do today"...
>
>I digress, ;-) I'll get back to you later with a report on how
>this works under ASIP 6.1.
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Thomas Kase
>
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