xml and charset
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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tintinux · 2014-01-03 10:58

Hi

I'm using Lazarus 1.0.14 and FPC 2.6.2.

In the small example attached, I read a XML file which is definitely
UTF-8. The raw display is always OK, in UTF-8, in the Memo1.

On Linux Ubuntu GTK2, no problem, the parsed content is also displayed
as expected.

On Windows (XP - 32 bits or 7 - 64 bits) with the same sources and
input file, the parsed content, (displayed in Edit1) looks converted
in another charset (ISO8859), and then the accentuated characters are
not displayed as expected.

Yes, I can convert back to UTF8 (as I do in Edit2 on Windows), but I
would like to understand why this is required, why is there such a
conversion on Windows !

Am I missing something ?

Thanks for your help !

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dgaspary · 2014-01-03 16:38

Problably will not solve your problem, but better to use "Laz2_"
version of XML units, They are meant to work better with UTF8.

in your case the units Laz2_xmlread and Laz2_DOM, from the LazUtils
Package.

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tintinux · 2014-01-06 12:21

Hi

The new units solve my problem.
Thanks a lot !

Isn't it possible to deprecate or at least add a warning in the old
units ?
It would save time to others in the future !

Regards,
Tintinux