Foreign Characters in ListBox

[jaschulz]

I load a TListBox from a text file with LoadFromFile. The source file contains some foreign characters (accented French vowels). They do not display properly in the text box (I have tried, literally, all the different CharSets). If I load the file in question with NotePad or WordPad I see the same problem. However if I load it with Notepad++ (See:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm),

all characters display properly. How can I get my app to behave like Notepad++.

Thanks,

JAS

 

[whosrdaddy]

it means that the textfile is saved as unicode. Delphi VCL controls are not unicode compatible. use the controls from tntware, they can do that. If believe the components are free.

look here :

http://www.tntware.com/delphicontrols/unicode/

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[jaschulz]

Thanks. I'll have a look at TNTWare.


JAS

 

[jaschulz]

Well, in fact I still don't get the right characters in the TntListBox. I am not doing anything fancy here, I load the file as follows:

TntListBox1.Items.LoadFromFile(destinationPathName + 'short list.m3u');

Any ideas?

JAS

 

[jaschulz]

Found the solution (didn't need TNT after all):

I just needed to run the strings in the list through the function UTF8toAnsi.

Thanks,

JAS

 

[whosrdaddy]

Glad you sorted it out!

//Daddy

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[Stretchwickster]

Thanks for posting your findings!

Clive

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