LibURL & file-encoding question

[Jan Schenkel]

--- "tkuypers at pandora.be" <tkuypers at pandora.be> wrote:
> Here is a nice one... I think I am doing something
> wrong, but I just can¹t
> figure out what or where...
> 
> I need to download an XML-file from an Oracle-server
> hosted on a webserver.
> The file I receive is around 800 kb in size,
> downloading works like a
> charm...
> 
> But... When I open the file in Explorer, halfway
> there is a special char
> which prevents loading the rest of the XML-file.
> When I open this downloaded file in Notepad, there
> indeed is a special char
> (the ñ in Spanish text for instance).
> 
> Saving in Notepad, you have an option ³Encoding².
> When choosing UTF-8 as the
> encoding and saving this file, Explorer opens the
> XML-file without any
> problems...
> 
> So... How do I download an amount of XML-data from a
> database and save the
> file with UTF-8 encoding?
> 
> Seems so simple, maybe I should get a real job,
> because I don¹t seem to get
> this part working :-((
> 
> Who saves my life, somebody.... pleaseeeeeeeee.....
> 
> Ton Kuypers
> 

Hi Ton,

Untested, but seems logical enough :

  put uniEncode(tXMLData,"UTF8") into \
      URL("file:" & tFilePath)

You may also have to change your xml data a bit so it
contains
  <?xml encoding="UTF-8" ?>

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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