Thanks, it works. The following solved the problem, where theChoice is a URL to a local file from an NSOpenPanel:
NSData *theData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:theChoice]; NSString *theContent = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:theData encoding: CFStringConvertEncodingToNSStringEncoding(kCFStringEncodingDOSLatin1) ]; Am 22.12.2011 um 10:50 schrieb Jean-Daniel Dupas: > > Le 22 déc. 2011 à 10:42, Alexander Reichstadt a écrit : > >> OK, I found a way to import it into FileMaker. It looks good when I use DOS >> Encoding. But when I use kCFStringEncoding derivates I had no luck. I know >> CF and NSString is toll free bridged, but does this apply to the encodings >> as well? There is some post from 2000 by Ali Ozer that would suggest it's >> not the case > > No. NS and CF encoding don't have the same value. > > You can use CFStringConvertEncodingToNSStringEncoding() and > CFStringConvertNSStringEncodingToEncoding() to convert encoding. > > >> >> >> Am 22.12.2011 um 10:24 schrieb Vincent Habchi: >> >>>> Yes, tried NSUTF8StringEncoding, I really tried all the ones I found in >>>> the NSString encoding documentation. >>>> >>>> When I import this file as DBF into FileMaker Pro it looks just as bad. >>>> But when I import it into a MySql it works fine. >>>> >>>> Here an example of what NSLog says: >>>> >>>> "R\U0094h.", >>>> "R\U0094hrchen" >>>> >>>> It should instead say Röhrchen. >>> >>> It looks like you string is UTF-16 based (\U0094 looks like UTF-16). >>> But ö should be \U00F6, not \U0094 or 0xC3 0xB6 in UTF-8. >>> >>> Something is rotten in your tubes! ;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Vincent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/devlists%40shadowlab.org >> >> This email sent to devli...@shadowlab.org > > -- Jean-Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ 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