squares for newline in SP3 of Win2000

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Nagesh

Hi All,

From my C++ application I was generating a report and
have "\n" for having new lines in to the report. When I
make a txt file of this report, I used to get the new
lines properly when I view the report in the notepad.
After I have installed SP3 of Win2000, I start seeing a
square in place of newline when I open the txt file in the
notepad, but I don't see these squares when I open the
file in Wordpad. Is there any thing done like this in the
SP3 of Win2000?

Please reply to this query
Thanks
Nagesh.
 
Nagesh said:
Hi All,

From my C++ application I was generating a report and
have "\n" for having new lines in to the report. When I
make a txt file of this report, I used to get the new
lines properly when I view the report in the notepad.
After I have installed SP3 of Win2000, I start seeing a
square in place of newline when I open the txt file in the
notepad, but I don't see these squares when I open the
file in Wordpad. Is there any thing done like this in the
SP3 of Win2000?

Please reply to this query
Thanks
Nagesh.
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Rather than using notepad or wordpad to investigate
this issue, you should use a binary lister. The good
old list.com is an example, or debug.exe if you do
not have anything else. Under Microsoft OSs, each
line in a text file is terminated by one CR plus one
LF (or $0d + $0a in hex). What do you see?
 
Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I have used a binary lister and
noticed that when I have the Win2000 SP2 in place I see a
CR and LF (0D 0A) at the end of the line and when I have
SP3, I see a 0A 0A. I see this difference for the same
piece of code where I have used "\n\n".

Nagesh.
 
It seems notepad.exe is doing the right thing - it tells you
that you do not have CRLFs at the end of your line. The
issue is with your code, and how "\n\n" is compiled
under SP3. I recommend you repost your item in a
newsgroup that focuses on the compiler you use.
 
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