How do I convert compressed text back to the oritgnal text?

[HOPALONG]

I CAN'T GET THE ORIGNAL TEXT BACK AFTER IT IS COMPRESSED, hOW DO I DO THIS?

 

[Andrew Murray]

I CAN'T GET THE ORIGNAL TEXT BACK AFTER IT IS COMPRESSED, hOW DO I DO THIS?

Not sure what you're asking -- "compressed text" ??

Can you please provide details of exactly what you're doing or trying to
do - what is "the original text" - Are you actually using Frontpage?

Andrew.

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

Not sure what you're asking -- "compressed text" ??

Can you please provide details of exactly what you're doing or trying to
do - what is "the original text" - Are you actually using Frontpage?

Yeah, I wondered also.

The only thought I have (if he is referring to FrontPage) is the option to
optimise code. IIRC, this puts all code on a single line, presumably with
the intention of taking less space on the destination server. (How much less
would be open to debate.).

 

[Andrew Murray]

Yeah, I wondered also.

The only thought I have (if he is referring to FrontPage) is the option to
optimise code. IIRC, this puts all code on a single line, presumably with
the intention of taking less space on the destination server. (How much less
would be open to debate.).

Not sure that would reduce the file size, since all the text is still
there - and it is the *content* of a file that determines its size.

File compression in my way of thinking is to "Zip" the files into a
compressed folder. The OP may well be using the term out of context.

 

[Ronx]

Optimising by removing all whitespace will remove all line endings (2
characters each line of code) and all indentations in the code
(FrontPage defaults to 4 characters for each level of indentation.)
There is a considerable saving of characters (and therefore filesize)
using this optimisation. However, lines over 4000 characters long can
disrupt some browsers (Netscape 4 is a such a browser, and there may be
others), and debugging the page in View Source (aka Notepad) is near
impossible.
Removing leading whitespace can reduce the size of a long (in code view)
page by several thousand bytes, without the long line problem.
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Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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