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sfi_dev Posted - 13 Jun 2012 : 03:43:02
Hi there,

I am evaluating the writing of unicode text files using clsUniFile.
My code is:
Public Function writefile()
sfile = "c:\test.txt"
Dim oUniFile As New clsUniFile
If oUniFile.st_FileExist(sfile) Then oUniFile.st_RmFile (sfile)
sresult = oUniFile.OpenFileWrite(sfile, True)
oUniFile.WriteUnicodeLine ctlUniTextBoxXP1.Text
oUniFile.CloseFile
end function

If I say put an F in the text box and run the function, I am finding that the file looks ok in notepad but when I open it in Microsoft Word a number of extra characters are added (Y with accents etc) which causes an issue in letter merges and the like.

If I create a unicode text file manually in notepad without using a program and save as unicode format, when I open the file in word there are no additional charcaters, just the F.

Am I doing something wrong here ?

Thank-you.

Julie
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sfi_dev Posted - 13 Jun 2012 : 11:07:57
Legend! works well. Thank-you. Your product is looking really good. A few more tests to go :)
s.dav Posted - 13 Jun 2012 : 09:14:41
Julie,

you need, just after having created the file, add the so called BOM (a marker) using the "WriteBOM" function.

So:

- OpenFileWrite
- WriteBOM UTF16
- Write Unicode Lines
- Close

or simply use a generic "st_TextFileToString" for creating text files with a certain encoding...

In this part of code:

If oUniFile.st_FileExist(sfile) Then oUniFile.st_RmFile (sfile)

you can omit the FileExists, if the file doesn't exist the RmFile will return false but doesn't raise an error

so:

oUniFile.st_RmFile sfile

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