Brian, Thank you for confirming the bug ... and a super thank you for the work around! It is brilliant.
On 5/29/2018 8:04 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: > I'm seeing the same results Mac Sierra / Win 10. But, you can open the > file as binary. > > ... > open file theFile for binary read > ... > > Function Readln FILE_NAME > Read from file FILE_NAME until Return > Delete last char of it > Return textDecode(it,"UTF-8") > End Readln > > Function Readbk FILE_NAME > Read from file FILE_NAME until numToChar(1) > Delete last char of it > Return textDecode(it,"UTF-8") > End Readbk > > When I change to reading the file as binary, then I get the same (as far as > I can tell) results left/right fields. > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I have found a bug in LC9.0.0 under Windows 8.1 that does not appear >> under OSX (Mavericks). >> >> When reading a UTF-8 file via Open File, Read From File, Close File (vs >> say a Put URL ...into tVar; put textDecode(tVar,"UTF-8") into ...) I am >> seeing a problem decoding Traditional Chinese and Japanese characters. >> >> The bug report below has a ZIP file with a test stack and a UTF-8 file >> to show the problem >> >> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21316 >> >> Can any one on this list with a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 system and >> LC9.0.0 (stable) spare a few minutes and verify this bug for me? >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
