how do i detect the encoding of a text file? (encoding text file character encoding UTF-8 information technology UTF-7 C#)

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PeterNZ

Apr 09, 2007 - 02:15 PM

Have a look at this article. This might help you:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/...

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Peter

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PeterNZ

Apr 09, 2007 - 02:15 PM

Sorry, here is another one:
http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tuto...

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Peter

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dustPuppy

Apr 11, 2007 - 08:37 PM

Thanks for the link, Peter.
I was actually looking for a generic, not programming way of detecting the file encoding, but I didn't find that yet.
What I did find by testing with different encodings was that my text was UTF-7.

So where I first was doing:
StreamReader file = File.OpenText(fullfilename);

I had to change it to:
StreamReader file = new StreamReader(fullfilename, System.Text.Encoding.UTF7);

OpenText assumes it's UTF-8.

you can also create the StreamReader like this
new StreamReader(fullfilename, true), the second parameter meaning that it should try and detect the encoding from the byteordermark of the file, but that didn't work in my case.

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PeterNZ

Apr 12, 2007 - 11:45 AM

Yes, I know what you mean, something like

if(file.Encoding == System.Text.Encoding.UTF7)
{
[...]
}

Would be nice. Well, maybe in.Net Framework 4.0?

Cheers for the points!

Peter

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