[V4RB] Still Unicode troubles

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 7/23/04 6:20 PM, "Eric Ferrer" <wonderfef at noos.fr> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I still have problem regarding unicode strings...
> 
> I have a database whose records have been stored in Unicode on a PC.

Eric,

Valentina 1.x cannot work with unicode.

You must not store unicode strings into Valentina,
This will glitches.


> Now I need to open this same database on a Mac.

> The trouble is that Valentina automatically converts the string from PC to
> Mac, so that my Unicode encoded strings are corrupted.

Yes!

Valentina 1.x expect from you single-byte Western encoding.
And yes it do conversion between mac and win encoding.

DO NOT STORE into Valentina 1.x unicode strings.
This will not work


> I thought that there was a mean to force Valentina to open a database with
> something like 'native OS' command for this purpose, but I can't find this
> in the documentation...

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