You also have to convert your UTF8 variable to UTF16 before you put it into the field:
set the unicodeText of MyField to uniEncode(MyVar, "UTF8") > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Sivakatirswami > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:17 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Importing Unicode text to a field .. How? > > Namaste, Slava: > > I tried that too, but I lose all the CR's...I get one long line in the > LiveCode field, but if I paste it here into the email the CRLF's come > back! > > Or if I copy from Pages.. the CR's are preserved... > > If I try to process the CR in the usual way, I get them back in the > field but the text becomes garbled again > > on mouseup > answer file "Choose the Unicode for this song" with "OK" > put url ("binfile:/" & it) into tUnicode > set the useUnicode to true > set the unicodetext of fld "Unicode_Script" to tUnicode > end mouseup > > # THE FOLLOWING IS A SINGLE LINE IN THE LC FIELD: > > Converted from மயிலை text in > /Users/sivakatirswami/Documents/Tamil/Natchintanai in Unicode/3 Thannai > Thannaal.txt தன்னைத்தன்னால்தன்னைத் தன்னால் அறிந்திட > வேண்டுமேதானா யெங்குஞ் செறிந்திட > வேண்டுமே[snip] > > on mouseup > answer file "Choose the Unicode for this song" with "OK" > put url ("binfile:/" & it) into tUnicode > set the useUnicode to true > set the unicodetext of fld "Unicode_Script" to tUnicode > replace numtochar(13) with numtochar(10) in fld "unicode_Script" > # the above line restores the line breaks but destroys the text... > or rather, converts it to some other encoding displays Japanese > characters > end mouseup > > C > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
