help converting dos(fp 5.0 windows) screens to linux screens (fp .5.0.14D4) - some funny characters will not go away

[Kenneth Brody]

On 7/15/2012 12:44 PM, Tony Freehauf wrote:
> i am converting dos filepro to linux filepro
> i know to make the map first in linux, save the map, then edit copied
> map to head of linux created map
> some screens will not convert well.
> they work, but there are some funny characters.
> they where a box in dos, now are funny looking
> if i redraw the boxes in linux, save,  then look at screen again and the
> funny characters are back.
> if i space bar out the funny characters, save, then look at screen again
> and the funny characters are back.
> any suggestions what to do besides giving fp 400.00 for xfer?

Graphics characters on screens are stored differently on Windows than on 
other filePro systems, so simply copying them from Windows to Linux will 
cause the places where those characters are to appear as "garbage".  As you 
already know, xfer will do the conversion for you.

However, your statements that "if i[sic] redraw the boxes on linux[sic]" and 
"if i[sic] space bar out the funny characters", they don't go away, don't 
make sense.  I have never seen such a thing happen.  (Out of curiosity, what 
happens if you type something other than spaces?)  If you have a filePro 
file on Linux where typing over the characters in dscreen doesn't cause the 
characters to be replaced, make arrangements with fpsupport to send a sample 
file to them.  (It's irrelevant where those "garbage" characters came from. 
  Typing over them in dscreen should replace them.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody