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ReviloF#67
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July 25, 2023
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How to deal with German special characters (Umlaute ÄÖÜ)

  • July 25, 2023
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Hello,

after building the WFP sample from the sdk i implemented a germ anlocalization. It works so far but it displays the German umlaut ü as A1/4. Is there a way to change the encoding. I assume it is ascii.

 

Thanks in advance.

Greetings

Oliver

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    Correct answer Rahul_Rastogi

    I am also using the same for Mac and it works correctly.

     

    Did you set the File Encoding to ANSI.

     

    You may download NotePad++ and check your file encoding.

     

    You could also try the following -

     

    For the below code snippet, make your file encoding must be UTF8. (Validate this from NotePad++).

     

    resource StringTable (kSDKDefStringsResourceID +  index_deDE)
    {
    k_deDE, // Locale Id
    kResourceUTF8Encoded, // Character encoding converter
    {

    kMyKeyStringKey,   "My String",

    }

     

    Also make sure, XCode is not changing your file encoding.

     

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    Rahul_Rastogi
    Inspiring
    July 25, 2023

    Hi @ReviloF#67 ,

     

    For German Locale, I have been using the following encoding for many years and it works perfectly well -

     

    File encoding is set to ANSI.

     

    resource StringTable (kSDKDefStringsResourceID + index_deDE)
    {
    k_deDE, // Locale Id
    kEuropeanWinToMacEncodingConverter, 
    {

    kMyKeyStringKey,   "My String",

    }

     

     

    - Rahul Rastogi

    Adobe InDesign C++ Plugins Architect

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    ReviloF#67Author
    Participant
    July 25, 2023

    Hi Rahul Rastogi,

    thank you for the answer, i use the same code as you describe but if i use"Müller" instead of "My String" the dropdownlist shows A1/4 instead of "ü" and this is not correct.

    forgot to say that i develop on a Mac maybe thats the problem.

     

    Oliver 

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    Rahul_RastogiCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    July 25, 2023

    I am also using the same for Mac and it works correctly.

     

    Did you set the File Encoding to ANSI.

     

    You may download NotePad++ and check your file encoding.

     

    You could also try the following -

     

    For the below code snippet, make your file encoding must be UTF8. (Validate this from NotePad++).

     

    resource StringTable (kSDKDefStringsResourceID +  index_deDE)
    {
    k_deDE, // Locale Id
    kResourceUTF8Encoded, // Character encoding converter
    {

    kMyKeyStringKey,   "My String",

    }

     

    Also make sure, XCode is not changing your file encoding.

     

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