Parameter | Description |
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sValue | A DataFlex string |
eCharType | The type of string encoding, which may be OEM (CP_OEMCP), ANSI (CP_ACP) or UTF-8 (CP_UTF8) |
The string is converted to UTF-16 Unicode and returned as a Variant string
Function VariantStrFromStr String sValue Integer eCodeType Returns Variant
Call: | Get VariantStrFromStr sValue eCodeType to VariantVariable |
VariantStrFromBuffer creates a Variant String from an OEM, ANSI or UTF-8 DataFlex String.
See discussion in the cCharTranslate class overview about the advantages and disadvantage of using the Variant String type.
Use Windows.pkg Use cCharTranslate.pkg Object oCharTranslate is a cCharTranslate End_Object Procedure TestVariantStr Address aUTF8Buffer Variant vVar vVar2 String sVal Move "Test String-Ññóí" to vVar // Move Variant (utf-16) to DataFlex OEM string Get VariantStrToStr of oCharTranslate vVar CP_OEMCP to sVal // Move OEM string to variant (utf-16) Get VariantStrFromStr of oCharTranslate sVal CP_OEMCP to vVar2 If (vVar<>vVar2) Begin Send Info_Box "Test Failed" End End_Procedure Send TestVariantStrSee Also
VariantStrFromBuffer | VariantStrToBuffer | VariantStrToStr | VariantStrFromUTF16 | VariantStrToUTF16