I have a computer model that -- under older versions of Lazarus --
compiled and ran fine.
I have been trying to update that model, however, and it does not read
non-English characters such as the accented "e" in "Abéché" correctly.
In the older code, the program could read such strings from a text file
fine, but when I try to compile an updated version of the program, the
updated version reads the site name from a file such as the one below
and translates "Abéché" into "Ab?ch?".
Abéché, Chad
13.5 20.9 550
26.8 28.1 31.2 33.3 33.2 32.2 28.7 27.0 28.4 30.0
28.5 25.9
45.0 49.0 50.0 49.0 50.0 48.0 45.0 39.0 45.0 46.0
46.0 43.0
8.0 9.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 15.0 14.0 17.0 15.0 15.0
11.0 10.0
0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 24.0 26.0 141.0 232.0 67.0 14.0
0.0 0.0
141.0 152.0 189.0 206.0 203.0 175.0 152.0 119.0 138.0 164.0
156.0 132.0
25.0 23.0 21.0 24.0 39.0 47.0 66.0 79.0 66.0 37.0
28.0 29.0
0 0 0 0
Furthermore, the previous version of the model accurately processes
batch files of site data like below:
\Africa\Chad\Ndjamena.dat
\Africa\Chad\output\Ndjamena.out
\Africa\Chad\output\Ndjamena.png
0.5
\Africa\Chad\Abéché.dat
\Africa\Chad\output\Abéché.out
\Africa\Chad\output\Abéché.png
0.5
The old version of the program reads batch files just fine. The old
code, when recompiled in Lazarus, can process individual data files,
such as that for Abéché, OK, but it blows up when trying to process data
for Abéché in batch mode. The accented "e" is again corrupted, so the
source file cannot be found -- generating a file not found error.
Note that the relevant variables for site and file names are defined as
string variables.
So what has changed in Lazarus regarding string processing and what do I
need to do to fix the problem? Is there some option I need to set in
Lazarus to allow extended character processing? If so, how do I do so?
Dave
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