How can I convert DOS cyrillic text to Unicode

Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> How can I convert DOS cyrillic text to Unicode

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/unicode.html

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I have read this and other info in Unicode topic
My question is how can I do it in VB. I need the code.



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> Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > How can I convert DOS cyrillic text to Unicode
>
> See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/unicode.html
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Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have read this and other info in Unicode topic
> My question is how can I do it in VB. I need the code.

I provide some C# code to read a file in one encoding and write it in
another. It's very simple code - it should be easy to understand and
rewrite in VB.NET. The important thing is really just the creation of
the StreamReader with the right encoding.

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My problem is that I don't read file.
The DOS Cyrillic text is pasted in a textbox, and should apear in another.
That's all.
I don't have anyting in Binary.


"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I have read this and other info in Unicode topic
> > My question is how can I do it in VB. I need the code.
>
> I provide some C# code to read a file in one encoding and write it in
> another. It's very simple code - it should be easy to understand and
> rewrite in VB.NET. The important thing is really just the creation of
> the StreamReader with the right encoding.
>
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Hi Jon,

I pointed Nikolay in the language.VB newsgroup on you and Jay B, who has
answered a message in language.VB however as well not complete enough for
Nikolay. Jay B will probably not be active on this newsgroup before 13:00
GMT.

I am curious as well, what is the right encoding you think about for this
Cyrillic problem?

Nikolas wrote in the language VB group that he past it from a notepad
so I guess UTF16?

:-)

Cor

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> Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I have read this and other info in Unicode topic
> > My question is how can I do it in VB. I need the code.
>
> I provide some C# code to read a file in one encoding and write it in
> another. It's very simple code - it should be easy to understand and
> rewrite in VB.NET. The important thing is really just the creation of
> the StreamReader with the right encoding.
>
> --

Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> My problem is that I don't read file.
> The DOS Cyrillic text is pasted in a textbox, and should apear in another.
> That's all.
> I don't have anyting in Binary.

If it's in a text box, you should have it as Unicode text already. All
strings are in Unicode in .NET.

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Cor Ligthert <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I pointed Nikolay in the language.VB newsgroup on you and Jay B, who has
> answered a message in language.VB however as well not complete enough for
> Nikolay. Jay B will probably not be active on this newsgroup before 13:00
> GMT.
>
> I am curious as well, what is the right encoding you think about for this
> Cyrillic problem?

Not sure - but it sounds like it won't actually be a problem, as if
he's got the data in notepad to start with, there's no encoding change
required - cut and paste should sort everything out.

> Nikolas wrote in the language VB group that he past it from a notepad
> so I guess UTF16?

No way - DOS precedes UTF16 by a long time!

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The user pasts text from text files, which contain DOS Cyrillic characters.
When they are pasted in text box or even in the Notepad windows they look
like garbage.
I am not sure, can I post a file here as attachment, so you can see it?

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > I have read this and other info in Unicode topic
> > My question is how can I do it in VB. I need the code.
>
> I provide some C# code to read a file in one encoding and write it in
> another. It's very simple code - it should be easy to understand and
> rewrite in VB.NET. The important thing is really just the creation of
> the StreamReader with the right encoding.
>
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Nikolay Petrov <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The user pasts text from text files, which contain DOS Cyrillic characters.

What does he have the text open in? It sounds like the existing app is
probably not putting it into the clipboard in Unicode

> When they are pasted in text box or even in the Notepad windows they look
> like garbage.

Ah - I thought you meant he had it working in notepad to start with.

> I am not sure, can I post a file here as attachment, so you can see it?

It's probably best if you email it to me.

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