Thanks, John. I'll give it a shot! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat/Skype:LaurentDaudelin http://www.nemesys-soft.com/ Logiciels Nemesys Software laur...@nemesys-soft.com
On Apr 27, 2011, at 12:35, John Pannell wrote: > Hi Laurent- > > Certainly. I've zipped up two classes that wrap some functionality from the > Text Conversion Manager functions. I'm certain I got these from somewhere > else years ago, but failed to find them now. Download at: > > http://www.positivespinmedia.com/dev/TEC.zip > > Usage looks something like this: > > NSInteger i = 0; > NSString *myResultantString = nil; > TECSniffer *sniffer = [[TECSniffer alloc] initWithWebTextEncodings]; > NSArray *results = [sniffer sniff:yourNSDataObjectGoesHere]; > while(!myResultantString && i < [results count]){ > myResultantString = [[NSString alloc] > initWithData:yourNSDataObjectGoesHere encoding:[[results objectAtIndex:i] > unsignedIntValue]]; > i++; > } > > // ideally, you've got a legitimate NSString object when the above is > finished > > If memory serves, you'll need to link CoreServices into your app to use TEC. > Hope this helps! > > John > > > On Apr 27, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> John, >> >> Not sure if you read my last email on the topic but using the >> NSAttributedString initWithURL:encoding:documentAttributes: is failing. I >> have read a bit about the Text Conversion Manager but if you had already >> some code you could share, that would spare me reinventing the wheel! >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> -Laurent. >> >> On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:39, John Pannell wrote: >> >>> Hi Laurent- >>> >>> I have an app that collects a lot of text off the web; my string creation >>> algorithm is something like the following: >>> >>> 1. Attempt to create an NSString with NSUTF8StringEncoding. >>> 2. If the string is nil, attempt to create the string using the encoding >>> returned from the server. >>> 3. If string is still nil, ask the Text Encoding Conversion Manager to >>> sniff out the encoding from the data. >>> 3a. This returns an array of likely encodings. For each item in the >>> array: >>> 3b. Attempt to create a string with the encoding. >>> >>> There was a little too much code associated with this to copy/paste into >>> email, but I'd be happy to share... I have a wrapper object for the needed >>> interaction with the Text Encoding Conversion Manager. Some more about it: >>> >>> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Carbon/Reference/Text_Encodin_sion_Manager/Reference/reference.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000123 >>> > _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
