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Re: [ECS] # of characters in a text string Mark Gilmore Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:38:26 -0800

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\ECS\HTMSTR.EXE will strip HTML

Kevin Keast wrote:
> 
> Don,
> 
> you should be able to stip off html with EDM alone (the text editor that
> comes with ECS).  I use a small EDM routine to do this to the weather html
> page I download.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stephens@west.net [mailto:stephens@west.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 7:01 PM
> > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] # of characters in a text string
> >
> >
> > This really works well! It's small, and pretty fast. My problem
> > is with the
> > results. I'm trying to write a Pascal program to strip the
> > information from
> > the file created by WPDL. I've put in the switch so the program
> > will delete
> > all the HTML stuff, and if I look at that file with an editor, or
> > something
> > like LIST everything looks good, but if I use the DOS command
> > TYPE the text
> > Is all over the place. Is there a Carrage Return problem that I'm
> > not aware
> > of, or is it simply me?
> > Thanks;
> > Don
> >
> > On 1999-03-01 ecs-list@netbloc.com said:
> >    >Thanks Mark, worked great!
> >    >Tom
> >    >Please respond to ecs-list@netbloc.com
> >    >cc:    (bcc: Thomas Hutchins-TA/PGI)
> >    >Tom, the "{"'s are not required.
> >    >Make a batch file (.BAT) with the WPDL command
> >    >and execute it instead.
> >    >> Tom Hutchins wrote:
> >    >> All,
> >    >> I'm trying to set up WPDL to download weather forecasts. Problem
> >    >>is  when I do the following:
> >    -------------> Snip <----------------------------
> >

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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