BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Internationalization View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message koyan Guest Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:14 pm    Post subject: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 I am trying to find out how I can "translate" the characterset that Windows are using to the one that is required by email standarts in order to send emails in other languages (for start in Greek). The relevant page: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1947.html Has anyone any idea what should I do in order to do that? Thanks, Konstantinos Back to top Lars B. Dybdahl Guest Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 koyan wrote: Quote: I am trying to find out how I can "translate" the characterset that Windows are using to the one that is required by email standarts in order to send emails in other languages (for start in Greek). The relevant page: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1947.html I would recommend that you use utf-8 in the e-mail - I have made a test that shows that almost all e-mail clients can do utf-8. Only some old text-mode ones on Unix can't. You can convert to utf-8 using Delphi's built-in utf8encode() function. Lars. -- Freelance programmer Denmark Free GNU gettext for Delphi i18n/localization tool: http://dybdahl.dk/dxgettext/ Back to top koyan Guest Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:08 am    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 "Lars B. Dybdahl" <Lars (AT) dybdahl (DOT) dk> wrote: Quote: I would recommend that you use utf-8 in the e-mail - I have made a test that shows that almost all e-mail clients can do utf-8. Only some old text-mode ones on Unix can't. You can convert to utf-8 using Delphi's built-in utf8encode() function. Unfortunatelly utf8encode doesn't exist in Delphi 5 :-( Konstantinos Back to top Bernhard Geyer Guest Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:33 am    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 You can use Jedi Code Library. There exists a WideStringToUt8-Funktion http://sourceforge.net/projects/jcl "koyan" <kkoyan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3f583678$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: "Lars B. Dybdahl" <Lars (AT) dybdahl (DOT) dk> wrote: I would recommend that you use utf-8 in the e-mail - I have made a test that shows that almost all e-mail clients can do utf-8. Only some old text-mode ones on Unix can't. You can convert to utf-8 using Delphi's built-in utf8encode() function. Unfortunatelly utf8encode doesn't exist in Delphi 5 :-( Konstantinos Back to top Ralf Junker Guest Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 Quote: I am trying to find out how I can "translate" the characterset that Windows are using to the one that is required by email standarts in order to send emails in other languages (for start in Greek). The relevant page: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1947.html Has anyone any idea what should I do in order to do that? To convert, you should translate into WideString first and the into your destination character set. Our DIUnicode package can read and write over 40 character sets and encodings, like UTF-8, the Windows and ISO families, and more. What's special about DIUnicode? It does not use any API calls to do the conversion, and therefore runs on all Windows versions. Regards, Ralf ---------- The Delphi Inspiration http://www.zeitungsjunge.de/delphi/ Back to top Danny Heijl Guest Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:16 am    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 You can use the standard Windows MultiByteToWideChar/WideCharToMultiByte API functions with a codepage parameter of CP_UTF8 with any Delphi version. Danny --- "koyan" <kkoyan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> schreef in bericht news:3f583678$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: "Lars B. Dybdahl" <Lars (AT) dybdahl (DOT) dk> wrote: I would recommend that you use utf-8 in the e-mail - I have made a test that shows that almost all e-mail clients can do utf-8. Only some old text-mode ones on Unix can't. You can convert to utf-8 using Delphi's built-in utf8encode() function. Unfortunatelly utf8encode doesn't exist in Delphi 5 :-( Konstantinos Back to top Bernhard Geyer Guest Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 Danny Heijl wrote: Quote: You can use the standard Windows MultiByteToWideChar/WideCharToMultiByte API functions with a codepage parameter of CP_UTF8 with any Delphi version. CP_UTF8 isn't available for Standard-Win95 http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/intl/unicode_17si.asp You have to add the Microsoft Layer for Unicode to work also unter Win95 Back to top Koyan Guest Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:04 am    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 Ralf Junker <http://www.zeitungsjunge.de/delphi/> wrote: Quote: Our DIUnicode package can read and write over 40 character sets >and encodings, Thanks. It looks promissing, and now I am trying to test it. Quote: To convert, you should translate into WideString first and the >into your destination character set. By "translate into WideString" you mean just to assign the string I get from the simple memo box in to a widestring variable? Quote: like UTF-8, the Windows and ISO families, and more. One more question if I am not abusing your time: How do I make my application know what windows encoding is being entered? I am using a simple Tmemo for entering the text. Thanks again, Koyan Back to top koyan Guest Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Translating character sets from Windows to ISO 8859-7 "Koyan" <kkoyan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Ralf Junker <http://www.zeitungsjunge.de/delphi/> wrote: Our DIUnicode package can read and write over 40 character sets >and encodings, Thanks. It looks promissing, and now I am trying to test it. Ok. I am still trying: At somepoint I must be doing something wrong because the variable "FinalWstring" gets filled always with "????????" I am doing the following: var StartWstring : widestring; middleWstring: widestring; FinalWstring : widestring; Reader: TDIUnicodeReader; Writer: TDIUnicodeWriter; begin //initialising the 2 variables Reader := TDIUnicodeReader.Create(nil); Writer := TDIUnicodeWriter.Create(nil); //filling the starting widestring with the data //from the memo box StartWstring := mailtext.lines.text; reader.OnReadChar := Read_Windows_1253; reader.AddStrW(StartWstring); middleWstring:= reader.DataAsStrW; Writer.OnWriteChar := Write_Iso_8859_7; writer.WriteStrW(middleWstring); FinalWstring := writer.DataToStrW; end; Thanks again, Koyan Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Internationalization All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C++ Builder Newsgroups----------------C++ BuilderC++ Builder (ActiveX)C++ Builder (Announcements)C++ Builder (Command Line Tools)C++ Builder DatabasesC++ Builder Databases (ADO)C++ Builder Databases (Desktop)C++ Builder Databases (InterBase Express)C++ Builder Databases (Multi-Tier)C++ Builder Databases (SQL Servers)C++ Builder (Graphics)C++ Builder (IDE)C++ Builder (Internet)C++ Builder (Internet Socket)C++ Builder (Internet Web)C++ Builder (Jobs)C++ Builder (Language)C++ Builder (Language C++)C++ Builder (Compatibility with MFC)C++ Builder (Native API)C++ Builder (Non-Technical)C++ Builder (Students)C++ Builder (Third Party Tools)C++ Builder (Upgrade)C++ Builder (VCL)C++ Builder (VCL Components Usage)C++ Builder (VCL Components Development)C++ Builder (VCL Usage)C++ Builder (WinAPI)C++ Builder Installation Delphi Newsgroups----------------Delphi (General)Delphi ActiveX Controls UsageDelphi ActiveX Controls DevelopmentDelphi As400Delphi DatabasesDelphi Databases (ADO)Delphi Databases (dbExpress)Delphi Databases (Desktop)Delphi Databases (InterBase Express)Delphi Databases (Multi-Tier)Delphi Databases (SQL Servers)Delphi DeploymentDelphi GraphicsDelphi IDEDelphi InternationalizationDelphi InternetDelphi Internet Isapi-WebBrokerDelphi Internet WebSnapDelphi Internet WinsockDelphi JobsDelphi Language BASMDelphi Language ObjectPascalDelphi Model Driven Architecture (General)Delphi Model Driven Architecture (Third Party)Delphi MultimediaDelphi Native APIDelphi Non-TechnicalDelphi ObjectPascalDelphi OLE AutomationDelphi OO designDelphi OpenToolsAPIDelphi Reporting-ChartingDelphi RTLDelphi StudentsDelphi TeamSourceDelphi Thirdparty ToolsDelphi Thirdparty Tools (General)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (IntraWeb)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (RaveReports)Delphi UpgradeDelphi VCLDelphi VCL ComponentsDelphi VCL Components UsingDelphi VCL Components WritingDelphi WebServices SOAPDelphi WinAPIDelphi XMLDelphi Installationcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.misccomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.usagecomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.writingcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.databasescomp.lang.pascal.delphi.misccomp.sources.delphi JBuilder Newsgroups----------------JBuilderJBuilder AnnouncementsJBuilder Applet IssuesJBuilder As400JBuilder CompilerJBuilder CORBA/RMIJBuilder DatabasesJBuilder DB SwingJBuilder DebuggerJBuilder DeploymentJBuilder DocumentationJBuilder EnterpriseJBuilder HandheldJBuilder IDEJBuilder JavaJBuilder JavaAPIJBuilder Java LanguageJBuilder Java SwingJBuilder Java BeansJBuilder Java Beans UsageJBuilder Java Beans DevelopmentJBuilder JBCLJBuilder JDataStoreJBuilder JobsJBuilder LinuxJBuilder MacintoshJBuilder & MobileSetJBuilder MultiLingual AppsJBuilder Non-TechnicalJBuilder OpenToolsJBuilder Servlets (JSP)JBuilder StudentsJBuilder Team DevelopmentJBuilder Thirdparty ToolsJBuilder UpgradeJBuilder Installation InterBase Newsgroups----------------InterBaseInterBase Bug DiscussionInterBase GeneralInterBase IBConsoleInterBase OpenSourceInterBase ReplicationInterBase SQLInterBase ThirdpartyInterBase Installation Miscellaneous Borland Newsgroups----------------AppCenterAppServerEnteraVisiBroker  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.