Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows?

From	GS <gs@v.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.freeware, comp.text.xml
Subject	Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows?
Date	2020-04-22 19:15 -0400
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> "GS" <gs@v.invalid> wrote
>
>>>   But the format does make order extensible. So there's no
>>> reason it can't hold Base64. HTML and MIME both store it
>>> just fine. Personally I've never seen a text message package
>>> so I have no idea whether it *does* hold Base64.
>> 
>> Base64 IS plain text. The problem with using it in email is, depending on  
>> how the body text is converted, character case may be lost where all UCase  
>> becomes LCase. Best to convert B64 to Hex for email use, IMO!
>> 
>     I meant I've never seen the actual content of a text
> message. SMS. Email and HTML and Base64 are plain
> text, yes. I only meant that their formatting allows Base64
> data to be stored easily. Multipart MIME format and "data
> uri" formatting in HTML make it simple with no risk of
> mixup. It can also be simple in XML:
> <Data64> ....any length text here...</Data64>
>
>   In other words, they all have protocols for storing Base64
> data that can be identified as Base64.
>
>    I don't know what you mean about converting Base64
> to hex. Binary? The whole point of Base64 is that HTML
> and email can't have binary data. If the Base64
> gets ucased then there's something wrong with the
> email structure. 

I've had instances where writing B64 email body text with VB displays correctly 
in the new msg window, but arrives w/all UCase converted to LCase. My solution 
to preserve the original B64 is to convert each character to its Hex equivalent 
as follows:

  Garry
  R2Fycnk=
  52324679636E6B3D

..which all are plain text strings. Otherwise the B64 string arrives as 
"r2fycnk="! The reason for the need is because the B64 string is the result of 
encrypting a license profile and outputting the result (byte data) in B64 so it 
behaves like a string when being processed as a plain text file.

-- 
Garry

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                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-22 16:21 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-22 16:42 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-22 19:15 -0400
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                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-23 09:10 -0400
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