I have a database file exported as text from FileMaker which has several high-ASCII French characters.
NSError* error = nil; NSStringEncoding* enc = nil; NSString* contents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path usedEncoding:enc error:&error]; This works but enc and error are both nil after the method returns, even though contents is correct. NSString* contents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error]; This one returns no error but the high ASCII French acented chars are messed up. NSString* contents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error]; This returns error 261 (file can't be interpreted). So why in the first example is it working (no error) but also not returning any encoding value? Trygve _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com