Import text MacRoman, WindowsLatin1 and Unicode

[olivier]

ok thank you Erne.

olivier

Le 21 sept. 04, à 09:51, erne a écrit :

> Hi Olivier,
>
> on 21-09-2004 8:10, olivier at vidal_olivier at yahoo.fr wrote:
>
>> I need to make a module of import of text file for my program.
>> In this module the customer has to clarify if the text file is of
>> origin PC or Mac.
>> What allows me to settle the encoding (windowsLatin1 or MacRoman).
>> Classic.
>>
>> But how do you make if the file to be imported is of origin Unicode 
>> Mac
>> or Pc ? utf8 or utf16 ?
>> It is necessary to ask to the customer if its file is of origin PC, 
>> Mac
>> or Unicode (utf8 or utf16 ?) ?
>> There is not a simpler solution ?
>>
>
> some UTF files have a BOM header that identifies the type of unicode 
> they're
> in, but unfortunately not all have this signature and you must either 
> guess
> (e.g. if a file contains chr(0)'s it's likely to be an UTF16) or ask
>
>
> Cool Runnings,
> Erne.
>
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