How to handle foreign language accents?

dutchottie · April 14, 2012, 4:01am

Hi,
I’ve got this app that uses simple text files to read a bunch of strings that is inserted into a List view.
Now I thought to support different language, so I translated my strings, stuffed them into separate files and let the user choose which language they want.
But as soon as I use accents (link in French or German) the string that contains an accent is simply ignored resulting in a blank line in the List view.

Any ideas how to handle these accents?

Cheers!
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dataskrekk_lab · April 14, 2012, 5:30am

(Wondering about that as well, same problem here. I am using custom fonts, I do define all needed letters, when used in Corona, letter is missing.) [import]uid: 109677 topic_id: 24845 reply_id: 100787[/import]

prodesuka · April 14, 2012, 6:00am

Try saving your file as UTF-8 without BOM [import]uid: 105661 topic_id: 24845 reply_id: 100791[/import]

dutchottie · April 14, 2012, 10:02am

I saved my files at UTF-16, then had to copy and paste it into a new text file (to get ride of some weird characters at the beginning) and now it works!
Thanks!
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