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9 Mar 2020, 06:40 AM | #1 |
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Field 'body' in 'note' cannot contain control characters
Just wondering what this means? Trying to save a note, but it just reverts to the earlier version of it and the title message pops up at the bottom.
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9 Mar 2020, 09:10 AM | #2 |
The "e" in e-mail
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I have never seen this message, but it ought to mean that there is a non printable character in your note that FastMail does not allow. Are you trying to enter characters in a foreign language?
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9 Mar 2020, 04:42 PM | #3 |
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Is the OP pasteing in some text from elsewhere? If so it might contain literal tab characters, carriage return or linefeed - all of which are invisible but are classed as 'control characters'.
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9 Mar 2020, 06:26 PM | #4 |
The "e" in e-mail
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9 Mar 2020, 07:46 PM | #5 |
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Hi people.
Yes, I am pasting in, but they were straight URLs. When this happened, I made sure there were no weird characters. I deleted all blanks. Is there maybe a limit to how large the notes can get? It may have been a few hundred lines. Actually, I checked, and it was a bit over 2000 lines. |
10 Mar 2020, 09:18 AM | #6 |
The "e" in e-mail
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When pasting the text, did you use Paste (Ctrl-V) or Paste as plain text (Shift-Ctrl-V)? In the former case, there can be invisible formatting control characters that can create problems.
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10 Mar 2020, 10:36 AM | #7 |
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OK, I can now replicate it with just one line. When I look at the line in Notepad++, I see the letters FF (marked in white) at the end. So that must be the culprit.
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