ReadPreferenceString() has a problem with unicode files

[Lebostein]

Generate a ini file (unicode):

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[EUR]
symbol = €
[GBP]
symbol = £
[CZK]
symbol = Kč
[PLN]
symbol = Zł

and try to read the values:

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OpenPreferences("test.ini")
ExaminePreferenceGroups()
While NextPreferenceGroup()
  Debug ReadPreferenceString("symbol", "")
Wend
ClosePreferences()

What you get is:

€
£
Kč
Zł

// Moved from "Bugs - Mac OSX" to "Coding Questions" (Kiffi)

[Marc56us]

PureBasic - Preference
[...] The file format is in unicode UTF-8 with a BOM [...]

(save your INI with a BOM)

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€
£
Kč
Zł

[STARGÅTE]

Since PB 6.10, OpenPreferences has an additional parameter for the Encoding, try it out:

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OpenPreferences("test.ini", 0, #PB_UTF8)

[Lebostein]

Thanks! Nice to know.

But what happens if I create a preference file with CreatePreferences()? Here the new encoding flag is missing...

Edit: most of the Apple / Mac OS Text editors I use ignore/remove the BOM (i.e. Apples TextEdit or other editors like Smultron), because mac OS is fully based on UTF-8 without BOM. For testing I started windows and use Notepad++ to generate a UTF-8 file with BOM.

[STARGÅTE]

CreatePreferences creates always a UTF-8 file.
You can use the flag: #PB_Preference_NoBOM, to remove the usually set UTF8 BOM.

[Lebostein]

Thanks. In Beta 6 #PB_Preference_NoBOM for CreatePreferences() is not known by the Debugger (returns an error, missplaced constant), but I hope this is fixed in the final.