Editors to Create WinBatch Scripts

Keywords:   wordpad notepad word  special characters

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Question:

I'm getting the error 3054: unrecognizable item found on line (garbage characters in lower box)

	Winbatch 32 96m
	Wil version 2.3 mbn

when I try to run my WinBatch script, which I created with WordPad.

I then tried a different editor (notepad), and it worked fine. It wouldn't work when created with Wordpad.

Answer:

Yeah. Wordpad is more of a word-processing editor, and it puts other gunk in the file that poor WinBatch cannot understand.

You can use Wordpad for your winbatch files, but you have to be aware of its capabilities. Make sure you save the file as a text file and make sure you turn off wrapping for long lines.

That goes for whatever editor you use to create WinBatch scripts: Make sure you save it as an ascii file, so that word processing control characters don't get written to the file.

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Problem Displaying French Characters in Message

Question:

I have problem with message box with french character (with accent)inside. This chracter are displayed garbaged.

Maybe someone may have some tips or trick for this Thank in advance and excuse my english

Answer:

WinBatch (and Windows) uses the ANSI character set, not the ASCII charaster set.

A lot of this depends on what editor you use to create the Winbatch script files. Use a WINDOWS editor. Try NOTEPAD.

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Article ID:   W12987

Filename:   Editors and Word Processors to Create WB Scripts.txt