Re: RTFFromRange:documentAttributes: and Windows incompatibility?

FROM : Julio Cesar Silva dos Santos
DATE : Fri Jul 14 17:44:59 2006

What I meant to say was that MS Applications (MSWord, WordPad, etc.) 
in some cases do not follow their own implementation. If you create 
an RTF file in MSWord, you cannot guarantee that it will be read the 
same way by WordPad and vice-versa.

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On 14/07/2006, at 11:44, Henry McGilton wrote:

>
>
> On Jul 14, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Julio Cesar Silva dos Santos wrote:
>

>> You cannot rely on Windows compatibility. Microsoft uses its own 
>> implementation of RTF which is, of course, different from the 
>> standard implementation. If it is crucial for you to use RTF I 
>> recommend a book called 'RTF Pocket Guide' by Sean M. Burke 
>> (O'Reilly) that explains what you should avoid when building an 
>> 'universal' RTF file.

>
> Wait a minute --- I thought Micro$oft owns the RTF 'standard'.
> Has this situation changed?    If Micro$oft indeed owns the
> RTF 'standard', how can they be producing non-'standard'
> RTF ?
>
>    Cheers,
>        ........  Henry
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