Hugo Ahlenius wrote: > So cfhttp.filecontent contains this string as a string. How do I convert > this to utf-8? The file actually contains only latin1 characters, so > that might have been a better solution for the time being (though not > future-proof).
well in so far as the euro, etc. aren't in iso-8859-1, yes that would be a good long-term choice. not to mention the karma points you build up. > I solved this by cfhttp:ing the file as binary, and then doing a > ToString(cfhttp.filecontent,"utf-16") conversion -- but it feels like a > dirty hack. Are there no cf way to cast/encode strings back and forth? charsetEncode/charsetDecode in 7 though nothing you're doing is "wrong" in 6 or 7. > And if not, are there java things for this? i suppose you could use java (URL) to grab that file but that's not buying you much more control (though having to use accompanying java IO stuff like OutputStreamWriter does give you more control over input/output encoding). as far as after the fact charset "casting" there's core java Charset (though mostly reflected in cf functions) or icu4j UCharacter (mainly metadata but has some conversion stuff as well). you might find this useful reading: http://mxblogspace.journurl.com/users/admin/?mode=article&entry=7288 you also might poke that content with something like: cfhttp.filecontent.getClass() (or getName()) to see what java thinks the content is. just for fun. > PS. Paul H., I have an open i18n issue/thread on the ESRI ArcIMS forums, > if you are curious/interested. still getting over the shock of upgrading to 9 (desktop & arcIMS) over the weekend (i really didn't appreciate having to manually install arcIMS under jrun/cf). i'll try to take a look later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206758 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
