KeyServer

Jeff Johnson(jjohnson[at]wi.net)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:42:27 -0500

WinMac Digest #407 - Thursday, September 9, 1999

  Troublesome Keyboard Characters
          by "jstahl" <jstahl@stifirestop.com>
  Re: [WinMac] Troublesome Keyboard Characters
          by "Leonard Rosenthol" <leonardr@lazerware.com>
  Re: [WinMac] Troublesome Keyboard Characters
          by "Ari Davidow" <ari@ivritype.com>
  KeyServer
          by "Jeff Johnson" <jjohnson@wi.net>

Subject: Troublesome Keyboard Characters
From: "jstahl" <jstahl@stifirestop.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:01:18 -0500
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I am authoring cross-platform technical databases using FileMaker Pro on the
Mac. Two Mac symbols will not reproduce on the Windows side and I am
looking for a fix. Using a quotation mark for inches and using the
less-than-or-equal-to symbol produces some interesting mystery characters
when viewed on the Windows side. The fix has to use standard keyboard
characters readily available on both platforms without the need for special
fonts. Any ideas??

Jim Stahl
jstahl@stifirestop.com

Subject: Re: [WinMac] Troublesome Keyboard Characters
From: Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:21:03 -0500
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At 11:01 AM -0500 9/9/99, jstahl wrote:
>I am authoring cross-platform technical databases using FileMaker Pro on th=
e
>Mac. Two Mac symbols will not reproduce on the Windows side and I am
>looking for a fix.

        Well, I would start by filing a bug report against FMPro -=20
that's pretty stupid on their part to not deal with this internally!

>Using a quotation mark for inches and using the
>less-than-or-equal-to symbol produces some interesting mystery characters
>when viewed on the Windows side. The fix has to use standard keyboard
>characters readily available on both platforms without the need for special
>fonts. Any ideas??
>
        Well, a non-smart quote ' - will work just fine on both=20
platforms. And for less-than-or-equal-to, use the two characters=20
next to each other (<=3D) as done in standard programming languages.

Leonard

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Subject: Re: [WinMac] Troublesome Keyboard Characters
From: Ari Davidow <ari@ivritype.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:13:10 -0500
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At 11:01 AM 9/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Using a quotation mark for inches

Would you be better off using an actual "inch" symbol, from the
respective symbol fonts on each platform? A quote mark suffices
when no proper symbol is available, but both platforms do have
common symbol fonts that, I believe, include the proper characters.
(But, can you access characters outside the standard text encoding
with a call to such a font?)

ari

Ari Davidow
ari@ivritype.com
http://www.ivritype.com/

Subject: KeyServer
From: "Jeff Johnson" <jjohnson@wi.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:42:27 -0500
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Has anyone used KeyServer from Sassafras Software to meter/monitor software
usage and licenses on their network?

http://www.sassafras.com

Thanks.

Jeff Johnson
District Technology Coordinator
Greendale School District
Greendale, WI 53129
414/423-2780 x4600
FAX 414/423-5505

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