TGet() - UTF8 encoding fails [Solved]

[frose]

UTF8 encoding fails in TGet()!

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#include "fivewin.ch"

function Main()

   local oDlg
   local oGet
   local cVar1 := "üäö"

   REQUEST HB_CODEPAGE_UTF8
   HB_CDPSELECT( "UTF8" )
   FW_SetUnicode( .T. )

   DEFINE DIALOG oDlg SIZE 600, 600 PIXEL TRUEPIXEL

   @  20, 20 GET oGet VAR cVar1 SIZE 200,20 PIXEL OF oDlg VARCHAR 70 PICTURE "@!70"

   @ 240, 20 BUTTON "CHECK" SIZE 100,40 PIXEL OF oDlg ;
      ACTION MsgInfo( "oGet/TGet():        " + cVar1 + " - " + StrToHex( cVar1, " " ) )

   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED

RETURN NIL
 

If using the paramters <VARCHAR/lnLimitChars> and/or <PICTURE/cPict> the encoding is changed from UTF-8 to Unicode when editing!

[nageswaragunupudi]

UTF-8 to Unicode

Utf-8 is Unicode
Probably you mean ANSI to UTF8.

[frose]

Yes, the encoding switch from UTF8 to ANSI

[frose]

Dear Mr. Nageswara Rao,

can you confirm the unwanted change of the encoding?
If so, do you plan to correct this behavior?

Many greetings
Frank

[nageswaragunupudi]

Looking into this.
Please wait a little

[frose]

super, ok

[nageswaragunupudi]

I copied your program as it is and built with FWH2307 and this is what I got.


However, there is a lot more to discuss about TGet and Umlauts.
Please wait for my next post.

[frose]

yes, so far everything is in order.
But when editing, the encoding switches!

Please wait for my next post.

Ok, I will wait, it is not very urgent. In some places I have switched to TEdit(), but would like to return to TGet().

[nageswaragunupudi]

But when editing, the encoding switches!

Please try this:

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#include "fivewin.ch"

function Main()

   local oDlg
   local oGet
   local cVar1 := "üäö"

   FW_SetUnicode( .T. )

   DEFINE DIALOG oDlg SIZE 300, 300 PIXEL TRUEPIXEL

   @  20, 20 GET oGet VAR cVar1 SIZE 250,30 PIXEL OF oDlg PICTURE "@!" VARCHAR 70 ;
      ON CHANGE oDlg:Update()

   @  60, 20 SAY cVar1 SIZE 250,30 PIXEL OF oDlg UPDATE

   @ 100, 20 SAY STRTOHEX( cVar1, " " ) SIZE 260,60 PIXEL OF oDlg UPDATE

   @ 200, 20 BUTTON "CHECK" SIZE 100,40 PIXEL OF oDlg ;
      ACTION MsgInfo( "oGet/TGet(): " + Trim( cVar1 ) + CRLF + StrToHex( cVar1, " " ) )

   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED

RETURN NIL

[frose]

nothing has changed!

If I put an 'a' at the end of the given characters, then the encoding changes to ANSI:

[nageswaragunupudi]

I am running the code I posted.
I do not see an problems here.
Are you using FWH2307 please?

[frose]

I noticed that all hexcodes in your example are ANSI and that there are NO UTF8 2-byte hexcodes!

Probably the encoding is already changed to ANSI before the TGet() was activated!?

Maybe it is the text object to display the hexcode directly?

I'll test it tomorrow

[nageswaragunupudi]

Probably the encoding is already changed to ANSI before the TGet() was activated!?

Yes.

We will discuss how you and other programmers would like the behavior to be.

[frose]

Please try WITH VARCHAR and PICTURE :

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#include "fivewin.ch"

function Main()

   local oDlg
   local oGet
   local cVar1 := "üäö"

   FW_SetUnicode( .T. )
   
   MsgInfo( "cVar1: " + Trim( cVar1 ) + CRLF + StrToHex( cVar1, " " ) )

   DEFINE DIALOG oDlg SIZE 300, 300 PIXEL TRUEPIXEL

   @  20, 20 GET oGet VAR cVar1 SIZE 250,30 PIXEL OF oDlg PICTURE "@!" VARCHAR 70 ;
      ON CHANGE oDlg:Update()

   @  60, 20 SAY cVar1 SIZE 250,30 PIXEL OF oDlg UPDATE

   @ 100, 20 SAY STRTOHEX( cVar1, " " ) SIZE 260,60 PIXEL OF oDlg UPDATE

   @ 200, 20 BUTTON "CHECK" SIZE 100,40 PIXEL OF oDlg ;
      ACTION MsgInfo( "oGet/TGet(): " + Trim( cVar1 ) + CRLF + StrToHex( cVar1, " " ) )

   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED

   MsgInfo( "cVar1: " + Trim( cVar1 ) + CRLF + StrToHex( cVar1, " " ) )
RETURN NIL

cVar1 changes WITHOUT editing, but that can not be right!

And then without VARCHAR and PICTURE without editing:

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   @  20, 20 GET oGet VAR cVar1 SIZE 250,30 PIXEL OF oDlg ;
   ON CHANGE oDlg:Update()
 

cVar1 doesn't change, that's OK!

Editing also works, the encoding is and remains UTF8!:


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As a reminder: The correct UTF8 hexcodes for 'üäö' are C3BC, C3A4 und C3B6, not DC C4 D6, see for example https://www.charset.org/utf-8!
DC C4 D6 are the ANSI hexcodes

[nageswaragunupudi]

As a reminder: The correct UTF8 hexcodes for 'üäö' are C3BC, C3A4 und C3B6, not DC C4 D6, see for example https://www.charset.org/utf-8!
DC C4 D6 are the ANSI hexcodes

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+---+--------+-----------------+
|STR|ANSI-HEX|UTF8-HEX         |
|üäö|FC E4 F6|C3 BC C3 A4 C3 B6|
|ÜÄÖ|DC C4 D6|C3 9C C3 84 C3 96|
+---+--------+-----------------+

With the picture clause "@!", "üäö" is converted to "ÜÄÖ" and hence the hex codes lile "DC C4 D6" are correct for Upper Case text
in ANSI