--- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sheri...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sherip99@> wrote:
> >
> > OK, I never see Chinese characters per se.
> > 
> > If I use the sString you provided, the ascii goes on the
> > clipboard as mostly question marks:
> > 
> > ???, ????? ??? ??? ? ?? ????...?? ????
> > 
> > If I use
> > 
> > Note.Open("", "clip")
> > 
> > I don't get an error. The note opens with the above (ascii)
> > string in it. 
> > The file name, if I look in explorer is:
> > 
> > ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ____...__ ____.PProNote
> > 
> > This is using latest Powerpro and plugin versions.
> > 
> > I suppose the Unicode plugin substitutes question marks for
> > characters above 255 for the "to_ascii" service.
> 
> Maybe what would be more useful is to put sString into the note, 
and
> when you want to view it, don't decode it to Ascii, decode it back 
to
> Chinese?
>

According to the unicodePluginReadme
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- to_ascii(string[, codepage])
Uses default ANSI code page unless you provide codepage
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Active code page on my PC is 949. it is possible to decode sString 
back to Chinese.

If the second argument is "437", it returns the same result as what 
you see. (mostly question marks)


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