Subject Re: AnsiString and UTF8
Author tlexsoft
Hi Jason,

Is there a plan to include real UTF8-Support and the use of strings instead of ansistrings in your components? When will you finish this?

Many Regards

Thomas

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "tlexsoft" <tlexsoft@...> wrote:
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> In most of the units AnsiString is used. But with this kind of string a real UTF8-coding isn't possible.
> I have a string stored in a field of a database (Charset UTF8) and a IB_Connection with Charset UTF8. The content of this field are characters from russian und spanish language.
> In IBODataset.pas there is a UTF8Decode (Row 3627) from the read content as ansistring! Why you are not using unicodestrings?
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