I'm currently experiencing some problems.
I recieve an e-mail everyday with an attached file in a .txt file format (Please do not suggest to use a different format file)
I need to read it in the way it was sent but iPhone wraps the text making it impossible to read the report.
Is there anyway of turning off word wrap or a third party application that will fix this issue?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Surely, there must be an application that actually displays the file as it were created!
This is fustrating.
The text has columns and rows (but is still in .txt format)
and I am needing to be able to view it as if it were an exel spreadsheet.
It is impossible to read the data when it's not diplaying as it should
Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
What program is used to generate the file before the file
is sent to you? Why is a different format not an option?
Part of the problem may be that when the iPhone sees the
file as a .txt file, it expects the file to have certain attributes
and the generating program is not compatible. Can you
do a one time test with the file being sent as .xls or .rtf to
see if that helps?
samfromcoal point wrote:
Surely, there must be an application that actually displays the file as it were created!
This is fustrating.
The only way you can be sure that a file will display the same way across different types of devices is to use a format such as .pdf which will, for the most part, preserve the layout regardless of the device. I know you said changing the format of the file is not an option, however, I still think it's worth noting that both the Mac OS and Windows can "print" to .pdf.
Best of luck.
It is created by an openVMS that runs on an alpha server.
It's not possible to change the format of this file.
The software will run's reports on data and returns it in a .txt file format. (this report is then automatically e-mailed to users)
Have you tried to move the iPhone into landscape mode? Unfortunately, the way the iPhone client is set up, it will wrap all text to the size of the screen. The way I understand, it also has something to do with the formatting of the attachment and the way the mail client handles it. I would have to say it is probably a mismatch between the document and the way the mail client handles that formatting.
Just for the heck of it, I created a small txt file in Notepad in Windows. I did not put a single carriage return in the message, just typed away and I know depending on what margins may have been set it could have been several lines. I attached it to three different emails, one an HTML, one a plain text, to my work Exchange account and one to my home account. Each one of them displayed the attachment the same way one the phone. Again, I believe it has to do with how the document is formatted and how the phone handles that. I don't think you are going to be able to change it, especially if it sets its own margins.
I have just noted that Safari browser also can not display text/plain! They have copied an Android small screen feature which is not helpful on an iPad.
Could try escaping <>& with html and then wrapping with <html><body><pre>...</pre></body></html>.
Note that in PRE there is a line length limit of 80 characters. A single newline is required to break line within paragraph. To break a paragraph exactly two newlines are required.
If text/plain is reflowed it should still follow paragraph structure rather than just break long lines. However necessary for mobile devices, this is still problematic.
By default it should not break and should scroll lines sideways. PRE should not be broken. However, reflow for text/plain should be an option iff you actually want this.
This precedent for plaintext goes way back to tele-printing and is the basis for programming and compiler input. Break it like Micro-Soft and I will get very annoyed.
adriaanfromauckland wrote:I have the same problem. My files used to show up the right way on iOS 4, and I could just scroll across the screen. Newer isn't always better!
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I have the same problem. My files used to show up the right way on iOS 4, and I could just scroll across the screen. Newer isn't always better!
Can you turn off word/text wrap?
