Using code pages

[Claire]

I'm writing strings to an embedded console that only supports Extended ASCII
Code Page 437.
The strings are stored in a lookup table in a database .

My original code is as follows which writes to a memory stream:

System.Text.ASCIIEncoding Encoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
MachineIDs.Write(Encoding.GetBytes(EquipmentRecord.LabelID));
MachineIDs.Write('\0');
MachineIDs.Write(Encoding.GetBytes(EquipmentRecord.EnglishDesc));
MachineIDs.Write('\0');
MachineIDs.Write(Encoding.GetBytes(EquipmentRecord.GermanDesc));
MachineIDs.Write('\0');

The above code isn't writing using the correct code page.The german 'ü' char
0xFC is being written as char 0x3F using the above.

How do I specify a code page please?

thanks
Claire

 

[Marc Gravell]

Are you after 0x81?
Encoding enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(437);
char[] c = { (char)0xFC};
byte[] bytes = enc.GetBytes(c);

Marc

 

[Marc Gravell]

(for reference, I only used the char[] syntax to avoid the character
getting corrupted between your client and mine... strings should work
fine too)

Marc

 

[Claire]

thanks marc

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[Marc Gravell]

you are most welcome

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

(for reference, I only used the char[] syntax to avoid the character
getting corrupted between your client and mine... strings should work
fine too)

One alternative:

string umlaut = "\u00fc";

Just to avoid the char[] stuff.

Jon

 

[Marc Gravell]

good spot ;-p