Do "Non-Unicode apps" only work with "encoding Plain text"?

[Marco2007]

Hi,

my app is non-unicode (because I use Gnozal`s PurePop3).
Now I want to use a commandline-tool (with RunProgram()) -> but that tool works only in Unicode-Mode.

I didn`t know, that running a unicode-commandline-app with RunProgram() must be compiled in Unicode-Mode...

Is there something, I can do?

br and thx

[KJ67]

Peeks() & PokeS() could work for you, they have flags that should let you translate the strings.

[ts-soft]

I think this should work:

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Import "shell32.lib"
  ShellExecuteW(hwnd.i, lpOperation.p-Unicode, lpFile.p-Unicode, lpParameters.p-Unicode, lpDirectory.p-Unicode, nShowCmd.i)
EndImport

Greetings - Thomas

[Trond]

I don't see why RunProgram() shouldn't work for you. You can run a unicode program with it (from an ascii program).

[PMV]

do you only need to run the tool or do you need to read output/ write input?

[Marco2007]

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RunProgram("tiff2pdf.exe", "−o "+output$+" "+input$, "")

works only, when I compile in Unicode-mode.
http://www.libtiff.org/

You can run a unicode program with it (from an ascii program).

That`s what I thought, too...

@Thomas: -> also just works, only when Unicode is on...
@KJ67: Let me try...

[Trond]

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RunProgram("tiff2pdf.exe", "−o "+output$+" "+input$, "")

works only, when I compile in Unicode-mode.
http://www.libtiff.org/

Maybe output$ or input$ contains unicode characters? If the filenames contain unicode characters it won't work in ascii mode.

[Marco2007]

@Trond:
F:\MailBB\IMAGE000.TIF
F:\MailBB\IMAGE000.PDF

....I`m so sad

[Marco2007]

Changed Encoding UTF-8 to Encoding Plain Text -> now it works.

Do "Non-Unicode apps" only work with "encoding Plain text" (even when there are no Unicode-chars in the code)?

-> changed Topic-Title.