V4RB 1.1 RB 5.5 Some questions about language

[olivier vidal]

ok, thank you, Kevin !

olivier

Le 11 juin 04, à 19:44, Kevin Windham a écrit :

> There is quite a bit of confusion regarding encodings, but basically 
> there are two methods for dealing with strings that are important. 
> There is DefineEncoding, and ConvertEncoding.
>
> In your case, I believe you should be using DefineEncoding, *NOT* 
> ConvertEncoding. DefineEncoding simply tells RB what encoding to use 
> with your string. It does not modify the bytes in the string. 
> ConvertEncoding will modify the bytes in the string to change it from 
> one encoding to another.
>
> So if you are getting data into your app from RB it should be in UTF8 
> by default. Then you can just stuff it into Valentina as is. Then when 
> you get the data out of Valentina you simply let RB know that it is 
> UTF8 by using DefineEncoding. That should be all you need to do. At 
> least that is my understanding. You should only use ConvertEncoding to 
> change from one encoding to another, and in the scenario you 
> described, I don't think you should need to change anything. Just use 
> UTF8 and you should be fine.
>
> HTH,
> Kevin