Reading UTF-8 Files

[Ejoc]

So I've been searching and searching, but haven't found any examples that cover what I'm trying to do, which as far as I can tell should be simple.

How do I read a UTF-8 encoded text file and have the unicode characters preserved in the script? As it is now, the unicode characters are "mangled" and the 3 character header at the beginning of the file is being read in as ascii.

Ideally I would be able to use FileOpen() and FileReadLine()

I just need it displayed correctly in the GUI

Thanks

[The Kandie Man]

Try using FileOpen with UTF-8 mode.

- The Kandie Man ;-)

[Ejoc]

Try using FileOpen with UTF-8 mode.

- The Kandie Man ;-)

The help file for Filopen makes no mention of this

[The Kandie Man]

The help file for Filopen makes no mention of this

What version of AutoIt are you using? Older versions of AutoIt didn't have this option. This option has been around for probably about a year though now.

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/f...ns/FileOpen.htm

- The Kandie Man ;-)

[SmOke_N]

The help file for Filopen makes no mention of this

You must have an old version of AutoIt

FileOpen

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Opens a text file for reading or writing.

FileOpen ( "filename", mode )

Parameters

filename Filename of the text file to open.

mode Mode (read or write) to open the file in.

Can be a combination of the following:

0 = Read mode

1 = Write mode (append to end of file)

2 = Write mode (erase previous contents)

4 = Read raw mode

8 = Create directory structure if it doesn't exist (See Remarks).

16 = Force binary(byte) reading and writing mode with FileRead and FileWrite

32 = Use Unicode UTF16 Little Endian mode when writing text with FileWrite and FileWriteLine (default is ANSI)

64 = Use Unicode UTF16 Big Endian mode when writing text with FileWrite and FileWriteLine (default is ANSI)

128 = Use Unicode UTF8 when writing text with FileWrite and FileWriteLine (default is ANSI)

Both write modes will create the file if it does not already exist. The folder path must already exist (except using mode '8' - See Remarks).

[GaryFrost]

He's been away a while

[Ejoc]

3.2.0.1

Updating did it, sigh that was lame

Thanks