Outlook Drag&Drop, Commas in email subject convert to sp

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Outlook Drag&Drop, Commas in email subject convert to sp

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As the title says, with Outlook Drag&Drop, commas in the email subject are converted to spaces when dropped. Any chance of keeping them as commas?
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lukescammell wrote:As the title says, with Outlook Drag&Drop, commas in the email subject are converted to spaces when dropped. Any chance of keeping them as commas?
I guess you have the problem in WE.

It relates to the solution to this:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 0046#10046
because this solution have you that problem! :roll:

All I could do is keep the commas when a single object is dropped. But when multi stuff is dropped at once, I have to use the data where the commas are lost. Your choice...

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*Personally* I'd like to have it on single ones until you can find a way to do it on multiples as I believe in your superior coding skills Don ;)

But I worry about the inconsistency for everyone else... Perhaps this could be a silent option?
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Mind you, I tried it with Outlook and dragged multiple comma-having attachments onto XY and the commas were not removed!

So, how do you drag drop attachments?

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I've not tried it with attachments yet. I was just referring to d&ding emails. I'll check attachments if you want?
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lukescammell wrote:I've not tried it with attachments yet. I was just referring to d&ding emails. I'll check attachments if you want?
No, uh ... Why did I do it with attachments?? 8) I need some sleep... Just forget it.

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lukescammell wrote:I've not tried it with attachments yet. I was just referring to d&ding emails. I'll check attachments if you want?
Okay, here is where I got that attachments idea from -- from you:
"Select two or more attachments..."

Cf. http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 0046#10046

Now, again my question: How do you select and drag attachments?

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  1. Click attachment in Outlook to select it
  2. click and hold
  3. drag to XY
  4. release.
If there are multiple ones:
  1. Click first attachment in Outlook to select it
  2. hold SHIFT down
  3. click last attachment in Outlook to select them all
  4. click and hold
  5. drag to XY
  6. release.
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Fixed!

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Indeed it is, thanks! I knew you had it in you Don ;)

But (and you *knew* this was coming), I've found another bug along the same lines! I've found that it strips out multiplication signs!

For instance, I had an email with the subject "Business Cards, 4×500" and the name when I had dragged and dropped was "2007-01-05_13-15, Business Cards, .msg"

4×500 <-- that isn't an x it's a × = ALT+(0,2,1,5). I'm going to assume that other characters like this will cause a similar problem. Any chance of a further fix? ;)
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lukescammell wrote:Indeed it is, thanks! I knew you had it in you Don ;)

But (and you *knew* this was coming), I've found another bug along the same lines! I've found that it strips out multiplication signs!

For instance, I had an email with the subject "Business Cards, 4×500" and the name when I had dragged and dropped was "2007-01-05_13-15, Business Cards, .msg"

4×500 <-- that isn't an x it's a × = ALT+(0,2,1,5). I'm going to assume that other characters like this will cause a similar problem. Any chance of a further fix? ;)
Tried hard but cuold not repro this. The x is not the problem. What's your name template for outlook drops?

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<date yyyy-mm-dd_hh-nn>, <subject>
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lukescammell wrote:<date yyyy-mm-dd_hh-nn>, <subject>
Works without problem.

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lukescammell wrote:But (and you *knew* this was coming), I've found another bug along the same lines! I've found that it strips out multiplication signs!

For instance, I had an email with the subject "Business Cards, 4×500" and the name when I had dragged and dropped was "2007-01-05_13-15, Business Cards, .msg"
Should be fixed now. The source of the problem was the quoted-printable encoding of these higher ASCII characters in 7-bit emails in evil conjunction with a line break within the subject field of the message header! No problem for Donald... 8)

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:lol: That sounds completely insane. I shall test and report back :)
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