I think you should be able to use uniDecode to convert the filename string to its Unicode equivalent.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: > I am trying to simply prompt for a movie file and set the filename of a > player to that filespec. Essentially: > > answer file "Pick a movie:" > set the fileName of player 1 to shortFilePath(it) > > If I have a movie file, say video.mov in a folder with Unicode > characters, say "Κάποια έρευνα" (Greek), the answer file command in > LC6.7.4 returns a string (i.e. C:/Users/Paul/Desktop/HR400-LC674/Media > Testing/??p??a ??e??a/video.mp4) that is not recognized by the player > object for accessing that file. The same movie file is recognized on OSX > or Win if it is in a file path with no Unicode characters in it. > > Under LC 7.0.4, answer file returns a legible filespec (i.e. > C:/Users/Paul/Desktop/HR400-LC674/Media Testing/Κάποια > έρευνα/video.mp4), and the player recognizes the movie under Windows > (using Quicktime - this is because of the use of the shortFilePath > function, without shortFilePath, QT does not recognize a filespec with > Unicode in it) and under OSX 10.8+ using the AVFoundation. However, it > fails under OSX 10.7 and 10.6 (using QT instead of AVF) > > Given that every OS today support robust folder and file names, my > question is: Is there any work around for this in LC6.7.4 (or 6.7.5)? > > I can not migrate to LC7 just now - we have too much code tied to the > old way Unicode works that need to be updated and perhaps a zillion > places where 'char' is used on binary data that need to be updated to > byte. However, if I could go to LC7, it appear that you still can not > play movies with Unicode in the file path under OSX10.6 or 10.7 (i.e QT > under OSX) or is there a workaround for that? > > If there is anyone who has cracked this nut, help would be much > appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
