Re: Help creating file in IFS as UTF-8 -- RPG400-L

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On 6/25/2012 9:37 AM, John Yeung wrote:

According to his post, the first file generated is reliably considered
UTF-8 by Notepad, while the rest are reliably considered ANSI. If
there is no detectable difference, then why wouldn't it always be one
or the other, or at least random?

My guess (and it's definitely possible that I'm off the mark -- it's just a guess) is that the first file contains something that is triggering Notepad to believe that it is UTF-8, whereas the others do not have that.

A more helpful diagnosis of the symptoms described might be: Assuming
Notepad chooses the "simpler" encoding where possible (a guess on my
part; I have not confirmed this), and assuming that all the characters
show up *as intended* in Notepad, then check the data to see if the
first file always has characters specific to UTF-8, whereas the
remaining files only have characters that are common to ANSI and
UTF-8, thus allowing Notepad to treat those files as ANSI.

Well, since apparently my way of phrasing and explaining things is not helpful enough for you, I'll just bow out of this conversation.

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