On 2013-04-09 15:28:56 +0100, Martin wrote: > On 09/04/2013 15:22, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > >On 2013-04-09 15:20:33 +0100, Martin wrote: > >>On 09/04/2013 15:11, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > >>>Hi, I'm working with a "C" shared library that returns a pointer to > >>>char. It's all ok when not using special characters such as "ñ" or > >>>accents, but when I get these, they are replaced by "?" signs. > >>> > >>>For example, if I receive an "ñ", the debugger shows this: > >>> > >>>lStr := 'A'#209'oranza'; > >>> > >>>The correct string is: > >>> > >>>lStr := 'Añoranza'; > >>> > >>>What can I do to show accented characters?. > >>> > >>It's a known problem and already reported. here is no fix available > >>yet. The debugger does can not yet display this. > >> > >>Actually it is 2 problems. > >>1) is the "?" > >>2) the other is #209 etc > >> > >Well, I can live with the debugger problem, but is there a solution for > >the "?" sign end displaying in my app?. > > > If you get an ansi string, you must convert it to utf8 before giving > it to the LCL > > need to find the exact function > > label.caption :- ansitoutf8(s) // assuming it is ansi in the system codepage >
Yes, I've tried that, but it shows a box with an X inside where the ñ should appear... My codepage is es_AR.UTF-8. -- Leonardo M. Ramé http://leonardorame.blogspot.com -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
