Strange characters when writing files

Question

I've made a program using a FileWriter. The program is coded and compiled on a Linux PC. I'm using the filewriter to dynamically write HTML-lines. I use "\r" to write returns. On my Linux PC and on my Windows XP sp2 laptop it works fine. On the PC of a friend it does not work correctly. It sees the "\r" as an unknown character. The browser also comments on that (illegal character). She also has Windows XP sp 2 installed running explorer 6. What could be the solution for this problem? Should I recompile on my friends PC? It is strange though. We use the same Java version (1.5).

Answer 1

I don't know why you aren't using a print writer (with a println) method.
Regardless with text files you will always find that they will render correctly on one system and not another because different systems have different line seperators and some software is pretty crappy when it comes to display and gets it's knickers in a knot when it sees line seperators it doesn't like. i.e. Notepad.