I'm not using loadproperties, I'm loading the properties file from the commandline (ant -propertyfile ja_build.properties).
Steve -----Original Message----- From: James Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:09 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: UTF-8 text in a propertyfile? Steven Anderson wrote: >I'm trying to pass a string of UTF-8 (Japanese) characters via a >property to an xslt task in ant. > >If I set the property in the buildfile, with encoding="UTF-8", >everything works fine. If I specify the property on the command-line >(in Windows XP), or via a UTF-8 encoded property file, the characters >are not longer UTF-8 (I think they have been turned into ASCII >characters). > > try setting encoding attribute on loadproperties task. gl, Jim Fuller --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]