encodings in V4RB

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 7/27/03 10:12, Carlo Rubini at osb at bttb.net.bd wrote:

Hi Carlo,

I have CC this to Valentina list.
You need talk about encoding on list.
Problem is that I am total dump in the encoding in RB and cannot give
advice. But at least 5-8 developers have ask about the same problem on list
and they did get help there. BTW, you can check list archive.

As I recall, you must encode/decode all strings that you send to Valentina
to/from MacRoman.


> Hi Ruslan,
> it's a few days that I'm struggling in porting an application of mine
> from RB 4.5.3 to 5.2 (using V4RB 1.9.6)
> 
> In RB 4.5.3 I didnt have any problem, but now, with RB 5.2 I do have
> a couple of problems:
> 
> 1. I make a list of words in BBEdit and import them into a valentina
> db: the words are:
> evening morning élitist (I hope the email respects the first char of
> the 3rd word; anyway, it just an accented vowel).  If I open the
> newly made .dat file, I can see the three words spelled correctly.
> The problem is when I try to query the database about those three words:
> 
> dim myword as string
> 
>    myword = "élitist"
>    dictCursor = nil
>    dictCursor =  dictDatabase.SQLselect("Select words from
> Dictionary where words = '"+myword+"'")
>    if dictCursor(0).RecordCount > 0 then
>       beep
>    end
> 
> I cant get the beep! I tried to encode myword like: myword =
> defineencoding("élitist",encoding.UTF8)
> and other encodings, but nevertheless I cant get the beep.
> 
> 2. If a want to add a word containing accented vowels, once they are
> added to the db, with the above code I cant get them. Add-code is:
>  myword = "opértü"//I just made up a word containing accented chars
>  dictDatabase.mDictionary.Wordsfield.Value = myword
>  dictDatabase.mDictionary.AddRecord
> 
> If I open the .dat file, I see that the added word is not encoded
> according to the spelling I suggested in myWord, but in place of the
> accented vowels I get garbage. So here too I have an encoding-problem.
> 
> Could you kindly suggest me how to set the above codes all right?
> 
> BTW: these problems happen especially when running the app in OS X.
> (In OS 9.2 I found some messy workaround).

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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