Re: FLASH: Carriage Return

[John Croteau]

Hi Wes,


> So, you are saying that in Flash 4:

> > No need for Chr(10) on a PC to get a cArriage return -->

Yes


BOTH of the following do a full line feed and carriage return and work

the same:

> > Set Variable: "lines" = "Line1" &  Chr (13) & "Line2"

> > Set Variable: "lines" = "Line1" & Newline & "Line2"


> This is true in Flash 4 because in Flash 4 Newline combines ASCII 13 with

> ASCII 10 to get a line feed and carriage return in a text field on the PC.

No, that is not quite correct - chr(13) performs the same way as

Newline.


> When I referred to a Text Box in VB5, I was correct in saying:

> > > On the PC, one way is to combine ASCII 13 with ASCII 10 to

> > > get a line feed and carriage return.

> > > On the Mac system only one of these is used to get the result.

I am quite aware of this, but to get a complete line feed and carriage

return on the PC you do not usually have to combine ASCII 13 with ASCII

10, ASCII 13 can do it by itself.


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