Re: Handling foreign character sets in VBA - Grrrr

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Hir4qm4n wrote:
Many thanks for you reply, and I can see that this unicode problem is
more trouble than it's worth, I'll have to sort it manually (this
time).

Probably. If this were an ongoing issue, it'd be worth it, but...

However, I really don't understand how you can say that the code I
supplied 'doesn't really' demonstrate the problem. The code is lifted
directly from my app, and clearly demonstrates how any filenames with
'unicode' characters in them that sit in c:\test get processed and
displayed in a messagebox (with the special characters
modified)....what more could you possibly want ?

Jeez, I'm sorry. I did look way too quick. To me, it seemed you were using
"c:\test" as the filename, not the path, and, well, my mistake. Luckily(?),
I did gauge your intent appropriately, I think. Weird. Subliminal, maybe?
<g>

-->By what means is the filename "passed to VB"?

Well the procedure clearly places the filenames that reside in
c:\test into the strDirResult string variable.

--> What you've shown is a filename typed into the VB IDE.

err..No I haven't, you haven't read the whole post.

Yep, mea culpa.

--> Presumably, that's not how you're attempting to do it, right?

You're right it's not......you've not read my post properly.

Thanks anyway, I'm grateful for the info re working with unicode,
I'll get my head round that as part of a longer term project.

Good luck with it!
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