[reportlab-users] Bogus Character

[Tiago Becker]

Worked like a charm!

Thanks a lot!!! :D

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Jessup, David <DJESSUP at usnews.com> wrote:


> Ack!

>

> That should be:  from xml.sax import saxutils

>                             ^

>

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> From: reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com

> [mailto:reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com] On Behalf Of Jessup,

> David

> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:45 PM

> To: Support list for users of Reportlab software

> Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Bogus Character

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>

> Use:

>

>    from xml.sal import saxutils

>        ...

>    my_paragraph = Paragraph(saxutils.escape(my_text), style)

>

> The escape function will encode the special characters in your text (&

> -> &amp;, etc.) so that Paragraph can understand it.

>

> ________________________________

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> From: reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com

> [mailto:reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com] On Behalf Of Tiago Becker

> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:21 PM

> To: reportlab-users at reportlab.com

> Subject: [reportlab-users] Bogus Character

>

>

> Hello all,

> I've an error if a Paragraph contains some characters such as "&".

>

> Is there a way to fix that other than replacing the character?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Tiago Becker

>

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