Special Characters File names

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   Hi,
When trying to open a pdf file in a directory that has German characters, the returned handle is 0. Which means that the file could not be opened.
The command DAOpenFile when the file is: "c:\\drop\\ùéèçà1232\\pages.pdf". Any solution for that?
I am using "QuickPDFDLL0723.dll".

Thanks,
Ilana.

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Ilana Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 22 Nov 11 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ilana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Special Characters File names Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 3:30AM
	Hi, When trying to open a pdf file in a directory that has German characters, the returned handle is 0. Which means that the file could not be opened. The command DAOpenFile when the file is: "c:\\drop\\ùéèçà1232\\pages.pdf". Any solution for that? I am using "QuickPDFDLL0723.dll". Thanks, Ilana.

Wheeley Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wheeley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 5:48AM
	I can think of 3 ideas. 1. Make sure you send the file name as a UTF8 encoded string to the 7.23 DLL. 2. Try the 7.26 DLL with UTF8 encoding as well 3. Upgrade to version 8 with full unicode support Wheeley

Ilana Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 22 Nov 11 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ilana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 11 at 10:58PM
	I am using UTF-8 characters which has their value is bigger then 127. For example one of the characters has the Ansi value of 199 and 200. Can you please advice? Thanks, Ilana.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Nov 11 at 8:50AM
	Hi Ilana! Wheeley already told you what to do ... Try things like this: QP.LoadFromFile(Pchar( AnsiToUtf8(c:\\drop\\Ã¹Ã©Ã¨Ã§Ã 1232\\pages.pdf) )) QP.LoadFromFile(UTF8Encode('c:\\drop\\Ã¹Ã©Ã¨Ã§Ã 1232\\pages.pdf') ...and don't forget Wheeley's ideas 2 and 3 ;-) Cheers and welcome here, Ingo

Ilana Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 22 Nov 11 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ilana Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Nov 11 at 9:50PM
	Thanks! For future users, here is the actual code, that works: In C++: char fname = "C:\\Temp\\Digi drop\\ùéèçà123\\pages.pdf"; const int SIZE = 1024; // Bytes char text = new char[SIZE]; WCHAR w[SIZE]={0}; int erg=MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, fname, -1, w, SIZE); // ANSI to UNICODE erg=WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, w, -1, text, SIZE, 0, 0); // UNICODE to UTF-8 int hndFile = _QuickPDFDAOpenFile (InstanceID, text, NULL); if (hndFile != 0) { int x = 1; } In Java 6 - How to get the same UFT-8 path: public String getAsString (String result) { byte[] bt = result.getBytes(); ByteArrayOutputStream sw = new ByteArrayOutputStream (bt.length); OutputStreamWriter osw; try { osw = new OutputStreamWriter (sw, "UTF8"); BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter (osw); out.write(result ); out.close(); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } return sw.toString(); }