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Read text file that is in a foreign language

 
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Read text file that is in a foreign language, How can I Read a text file that is in a foreign language using ReadLin
jskns27
post 9 Jul, 2008 - 08:56 AM
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I do the following and I lose the special characters when reading the file.

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         // Read language list into LanguageList array
         StreamReader fsl  = File.OpenText(InLanguageList);
         clist = 0;
         while ((strinput = fsl.ReadLine()) != null && clist < MAX_LIST_SIZE)
         {
             LanguageList[clist] = strinput;
             clist++;
         }


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post 9 Jul, 2008 - 10:22 AM
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The OpenText method uses UTF8, which should be enough to handle anything and is pretty standard. However, if your file uses some other type of encoding, you'll need to be specific. Try using the StreamReader with the type, e.g.
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StreamReader fsl = new StreamReader(InLanguageList, System.Text.Encoding.UTF32);


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The OpenText method uses UTF8, which should be enough to handle anything and is pretty standard. However, if your file uses some other type of encoding, you'll need to be specific. Try using the StreamReader with the type, e.g.
csharp

StreamReader fsl = new StreamReader(InLanguageList, System.Text.Encoding.UTF32);


Hope this helps.


Thanks, this helped, but it took a little trial and error. The suggestion, UTF32 did not work, then I tried ASCII which did not work either, nor did Unicode, UTF7, or UTF8.

However, I used System.Text.Encoding.Default with your new line and that works. The system seems to figure it out with the encoding set to Default.
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