Re: Opening a text file that may be ASCII *or* Unicode

Excellent observation! VBS appears to do manage internal strings in
Unicode. I didn't know that.

My question, then, should be rephrased as follows:

1. Can you confirm that opening with TriStateUseDefault will convert
ASCII to Unicode whenever possible?

2. If my strategy will work, *why* does it work? Just how does
TriStateUseDefault work?

Do you agree now, at least, with my questions? ;-)

Thanks for your help.

regards, Andy

"Miyahn" <HQF03250@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Andrew Aronoff" wrote in message news:vd44b1do6aumjtv8ocl1298ppeed4836ne@xxxxxxx
>> >> 1. Can you confirm that opening with TriStateUseDefault will convert the
>> >> Unicode to ASCII whenever possible?
>> >No. Not at all.
>>
>> Except that's what I'm seeing. The Unicode file opened with
>> TriStateUseDefault is comparing perfectly with plain ASCII stored in
>> the script.
>
>I think that 'plain ASCII stored in the script' isn't 'plain ASCII'.
>
>Try this.
>
>strASCII = "abc"
>For I = 1 To LenB(strASCII)
> Buf = Buf & " " & Right("0" & Hex(AscB(MidB(strASCII, I, 1))), 2)
>Next
>MsgBox Mid(Buf, 2)

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