> wxWidgets library we're using has a way to read what is the system
> character set and also to convert between various character sets. I
> suppose something like that should exist for Delphi as well?

Well, erm,

Nope.

Not directly in Delphi. Borland^H^H^H^H^H^H^HCodeGear receives a lot
of bashing for that. And the complete lack of Unicode awareness of the
Visual Component Library (VCL).


Regards

Stefan