On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:15:15 +0200 Landmesser John via Lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> I know how to deal with german Umlauts but I would like to understand. > > Think of a *.csv file that contains strings like "Grünberg" and that > has to be opened in Excel ( Office 2003 ). > > It works if i use PWideChar(UTF8Decode(String)). Got this tipp here in > the mailinglist! > > But UTF8ToAnsi(String) fails. > > Why is UTF8ToAnsi(String) not enough? > > LHelp tells me about UTF8ToAnsi(): > "Utf8ToAnsi converts an utf8-encode unicode string to an ansistring. It > converts the string to a widestring and then converts the widestring to > an ansistring." > > That is NOT the same as PWideChar(UTF8Decode(String))? Obviously, because one produces an 8-bit string and the other a 16-bit string. How do you compare the result? What compiler version? Are you using LazUTF8? What is your DefaultSystemCodePage? Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
