> Can you tell me again how we can figure out the encoding of a text
> for which we don't know the origin? I think you already explained,
> but I'm not sure (I'm not even sure it's possible in RB).
>
This is a good question since if you read a file you may or may not
be able to guess the encoding using some means (BOM, etc)
There is a GuessJapaneseEncoding which will only guess what Japanese
encoding encoding text may be.
If you do something like
Dim f As FolderItem
Dim t As TextInputStream
f= GetOpenFolderItem("text")
If f <> Nil then
t=f.OpenAsTextFile
Now how can you GUESS what encoding an arbitrary text file is so you
can read it properly ?
If you do nothing RB assigns an "encoding" which may be entirely wrong.
And if you do not assign one then other operations may not work
correctly (display, etc)
Ideas ?
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