Foreign characters in file names

[index at kenjikojima.com]

Hi Thomas,

Mac OS uses "UTF-8-MAC" for a file path. 
We can import a unicode text file into a text field by AppleScript, but cannot read a file path.
Probably  "UTF-8-MAC" can be converted to "UTF-8" by AppleScript or others. I am not sure.

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Kenji Kojima / 小島健治
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On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Thomas Fischer wrote:

> Hello Kenji,
> 
> thank you for the hint.
> I tried something similar before, and I'm afraid your method doesn't help, and actually seems to confirm what I suspected, that LiveCode as it is (I'm using 6.0.0 now) isn't able to handle foreign characters in file names.
> To be more precise: my impression is that LiveCode in principle is able to handle Unicode (with some effort, see http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4067/l/20441), but the actual programming language (what's its current name?) is not.
> 
> To explain what I want:
> I want the user to choose a folder and then list the folder and its contents, where the names of the files and folders inside might also have foreign characters.
> 
> Even if I put the correct name into the field (by copy&paste) and set the field's text font to "Unicode", LiveCode cannot recognise it, it seems that the name is immediately translated into the Mac Font if used in the Script.
> And if I try to use it directly like in 
> 	put (there is a folder fld Ordner1)
> then I also get a "false".
> 
> If I use AppleScript to get the name, as soon as I do something like
> "put the result into tUTF8Text"
> the "Ж" in the name of my folder is replaced by a "?" and I found no conversion to bring it back.
> And I don't see the files and folders functions handling Unicode.
> 
> I actually tried
> 
>   put "choose folder" & return into asScript
>   put "POSIX path of the result" &return after asScript
>   do asScript as appleScript
>   put the result into tUTF8Text
>   delete char 1 of tUTF8Text
>   delete char -1 of tUTF8Text
>   set the unicodeText fld Ordner1 to uniencode(tUTF8Text,UTF8)
> 
> but never got anything but a ? for the Ж.
> 
> Or am I missing a fundamental switch to get this to work?
> 
> Best
> Thomas
> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 26
>> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:41:06 -0400
>> From: "index at kenjikojima.com" <index at kenjikojima.com>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Subject: Re: Foreign characters in file names
>> Message-ID: <0F544EEC-A545-458A-8CB3-7D5D2108A2FE at kenjikojima.com>
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>> 
>> Hi Thomas,
>> If you are on Mac OS, you can use AppleScript.
>> 
>> This is for two bytes file name of UTF8 text.
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>>  put "choose file with prompt" &quote&quote&return into asScript
>>  put "set openFile to result"&return after asScript
>>  put "try"&return after asScript
>>  put "read openFile" & return after asScript
>>  put "on error"&return after asScript
>>  put "close access openFile"&return after asScript
>>  put "display dialog "&quote&"Error is occured."&quote&return after asScript
>>  put "return"&return after asScript
>>  put "end try"&return after asScript
>>  do asScript as appleScript
>>  put the result into tUTF8Text
>>  delete char 1 of tUTF8Text
>>  delete char -1 of tUTF8Text
>>  set the unicodeText fld 1 to uniencode(tUTF8Text,UTF8)
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> --
>> Kenji Kojima / ????
>> http://www.kenjikojima.com/
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 13, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Thomas Fischer wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I have a problem with foreign characters in file names, like Cyrillic or Japanese.
>>> E.g. I didn't find a way to get the correct name of a folder "Bilder ?" either using "answer folder?" or dragDrop with dragData.
>>> Is there a way to handle this situation?
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> Thomas Fischer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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