Encoding=

[lklawrie]

The 2003 features list says the Encoding= option is available for Inquire and Open statements.

But what does it do? When I've tried it for Inquire -- all I get is UNKNOWN, regardless of file type.

Linda

[Steven_L_Intel1]

On OPEN of a unit for formatted input/output, ENCODING allows you to specify that the file is a UTF-8 (UNICODE) file, if the "processor" supports that, which ours does not at present. On INQUIRE, it asks what the encoding is if it's readable from the file, which on Windows I don't think it is. The only value we support at present is 'DEFAULT'.

[lklawrie]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

On OPEN of a unit for formatted input/output, ENCODING allows you to specify that the file is a UTF-8 (UNICODE) file, if the "processor" supports that, which ours does not at present. On INQUIRE, it asks what the encoding is if it's readable from the file, which on Windows I don't think it is. The only value we support at present is 'DEFAULT'.

Two questions:

1) do other platforms (Mac, Linux) have the ability to tell the encoding? (I'm getting a return of UNKNOWN on Windows, regardless of type, I think).

2) is there a way to read unicode files given that we could detect them?

Linda

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Not that I know of.