Problems with accent marks

Report · Feb 13, 2017

Take a look at this simple javascript code fragment:

s = l.replace("à","a");

s = l.replace("è","e");

s = l.replace("é","e");

s = l.replace("ì","i");

s = l.replace("ò","o");

s = l.replace("ù","u");

After the last update of Dreamweaver (2017.0.1) the same fagment in the browser page turns into

s = l.replace("Ã ","a");

s = l.replace("Ã¨","e");

s = l.replace("Ã©","e");

s = l.replace("Ã¬","i");

s = l.replace("Ã²","o");

s = l.replace("Ã¹","u");

Where am i wrong?

I tried changing the page properties, but nothing, everything remains the same.

The only way is to save the page with notepad with ANSI encode. However if i open with dreamweaver, dreamweaver doesn't respect the new page encode and the error comes back again.

Any help?

Report · Feb 13, 2017

Does this happen in a real browser when you view the source code or are you use the live preview browser in Dreamweaver when this happens?

Report · Feb 13, 2017

This happens in a real browser source code in the real application that doesn't work, of course.

"calò" does not become "calo"

because

s = l.replace("ò","o");

is

s = l.replace("Ã²","o");

Report · Feb 13, 2017

Have you got the documents charset meta tag set to:

Report · Feb 13, 2017

Yes. I 've got it.

I tried to change, but maybe i'm not be able because it's not so clear (like ansi unicode ecc.).

Could you tell me what i have to write in "charset"?

Thank you.

Report · Feb 13, 2017

'Could you tell me what i have to write in "charset"?'

If you add the below meta tag between the <head></head> tags of your document it should solve the issue:

Report · Feb 13, 2017

But i've got it.

<!doctype html>

<html>

<head>

that's the problem.

Report · Feb 13, 2017

I'm not sure then because when I look at the browsers source code with the utf-8 meta tag I get this:

s = l.replace("à","a");

s = l.replace("è","e");

s = l.replace("é","e");

s = l.replace("ì","i");

s = l.replace("ò","o");

s = l.replace("ù","u");

If the meta tag is not present I get this, which is what you are seeing:

s = l.replace("Ã ","a");

s = l.replace("Ã¨","e");

s = l.replace("Ã¬","i");

s = l.replace("Ã²","o");

s = l.replace("Ã¹","u");

Do you have an actual live page which includes your script which you can link us to?

Report · Feb 13, 2017

I understood!

Above the html and javascript code there is some rows with VB.NET code. If i remove VB code everything works.

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Problems with accent marks

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