# MobileTextArea

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909 "2023-01-02T23:38:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/martin_fitzgibbons/32/259_2.png) [@Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_Fitzgibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909/1 "2023-01-02T23:38:20Z")

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I am having trouble putting text into a mobiletextarea in the latest version.

I have text in a property b to examine the text is correct but when I put it into the text area the result is not the same… see 2 images below. What could be the cause  
var b as text = BlogText(SallyStoryNum)  
BlogTA1.Text = b

 ![Screenshot 2023-01-03 at 10.33.48 am](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/18529e36ed697c1379ea33e9ecc8998f24d93000.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2023-01-03 at 10.34.02 am](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d02ea8735bc80f6ebbf19b2af6c889b7c87c0291.png)

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_hare/32/176_2.png) [@Tim\_Hare](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Hare)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909/2 "2023-01-02T23:43:38Z")

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Examine the text in hex and make sure there are no special characters in it.

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/martin_fitzgibbons/32/259_2.png) [@Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_Fitzgibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909/3 "2023-01-03T01:18:32Z")

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Does saving out of text edit as plain text strip everything out?

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/martin_fitzgibbons/32/259_2.png) [@Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_Fitzgibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909/4 "2023-01-03T03:32:55Z")

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It has me beat. I have checked the files in BBEdit and checked all the hidden characters.

Sample project attached  
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/udbsg414ht35txz/Archive.zip?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/udbsg414ht35txz/Archive.zip?dl=0)

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/martin_fitzgibbons/32/259_2.png) [@Martin\_Fitzgibbons](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_Fitzgibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/mobiletextarea/73909/5 "2023-01-03T08:30:40Z")

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Sorry, I was updating a folder in another project with the same data so I was still loading utf16 files ☹