Text formatting is lost

[BOUNCER]

Im doing fileopen on a log file

$text = FileOpen (@AppDataDir & "XXXXXXXX" , 0)
$dumpstring = FileRead($text)

basically the original file has a log with a new line on everything.

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after i do all this i lose the formatting and end up with everything in one large paragraph

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[evilertoaster]

Can you attach a sample of the log file (with just the first line or two), it might be something related to the text encoding...

[BOUNCER]

the log file is a basic mirc log file which i guess is ANSI encoding, it has

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[18:52] CMDS=KNOCK,MAP,DCCALLOW,USERIP NAMESX SAFELIST HCN MAXCHANNELS=60 CHANLIMIT=#:60 MAXLIST=b:60,e:60,I:60 NICKLEN=30 CHANNELLEN=32 TOPICLEN=307 KICKLEN=307 AWAYLEN=307 MAXTARGETS=20 are supported by this server

[18:52] WALLCHOPS WATCH=128 SILENCE=15 MODES=12 CHANTYPES=# PREFIX=(qaohv)~&@%+ CHANMODES=beI,kfL,lj,psmntirRcOAQKVCuzNSMTG NETWORK=GTANet CASEMAPPING=ascii EXTBAN=~,cqnr ELIST=MNUCT STATUSMSG=~&@%+ EXCEPTS are supported by this server

[18:52] INVEX are supported by this server

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[18:52] There are 29 users and 631 invisible on 7 servers

[18:52] 17 operator(s) online

[18:52] 910 channels formed

[18:52] I have 254 clients and 5 servers

this type of format

it ends up with everything clustered into a paragraph

[evilertoaster]

I can't reproduce it with a copy/paste of what you posted... Can you attach the actual log file (as a post attachment, not as inline text)?

[jchd]

There may be a line delimiter issue, but can you be more explicit than: "after i do all this i lose the formatting and end up with everything in one large paragraph "

Define all this (post code and a sample of your typical input text). Place input in a zip file so it doesn't get reformatted by the forum posting software.