I also read up on the BOM, and for UTF-8 it is optional, and as mentioned not recommended, because UTF-8 always uses the same byte order.
And anyway, the BOM was never the issue. Apparently Livecode always produces a UTF-8 format file unless instructed to do otherwise. Bob S On Sep 17, 2024, at 4:41 AM, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Hi Bob, Actually I think what I need to do is figure out what the original file encoding is, and use that when I write out the export file. I assume that the byte order mark (BOM) is for UTF-8 To see the BOM for UTF-8 make a button and a field named "fText" Use this script for the button _______________________________________________ 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
