AnsiToUnicode (Function)

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AnsiToUnicode

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Example

Result of string conversion

UTF8 - ANSI conversion

Conversion to PHP

See also

AnsiToUnicode (Function)

In french: AnsiVersUnicode

Converts:

a character string in ANSI format (Windows) into a character string in UNICODE format.
No character string can be converted in this version.
a buffer containing a character string in ANSI format (Windows) into a buffer containing a character string in UNICODE format.

Reminder:

ANSI is the format of characters according to the Windows standard.
UNICODE is a mechanism for encoding characters. The UNICODE format is used to manage the different languages and the different character sets.

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for the Java applications.

This function is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 16

This function is now available for the Java applications.

This function is now available for the Android applications.

This function is now available for the Java applications.

This function is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

This function is now available in Apple Watch mode.

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

MyUnicodeBuffer is Buffer
// Convert MyAnsiBuffer
// that contains a character string in ANSI format
// into a buffer containing a character string
// in UNICODE format
MyUnicodeBuffer = AnsiToUnicode(MyAnsiBuffer)

// Code to use in a non-Unicode project
MyUnicodeString is UNICODE string
MyUnicodeString = AnsiToUnicode("Developing is fantastic", charsetGreek)

Syntax

Converting an ANSI character string Hide the details

<Result> = AnsiToUnicode(<Character String to Convert> [, <Charset>])

<Result>: UNICODE character string

Character string in UNICODE format.
EOT if a conversion problem occurred.

<Character String to Convert>: Character string

Character string in ANSI format to convert.

<Charset>: Optional Integer constant

Character set that will be used for the conversion.
charsetAnsi Roman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetArabic Arabic characters.
charsetBaltic Baltic characters.
charsetChinese Chinese characters (People's Republic of China).
charsetTraditionalChinese Traditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan).
charsetKorean Korean characters
charsetCurrent
(Default value) Uses the current character set specified by ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default).
charsetDefault Uses the default character set defined for the computer. No character set is forced.
charsetEastEurope Characters of Eastern Europe (Polish, ...)
charsetGreek Greek characters.
charsetHebrew Hebrew characters.
charsetJapanese Japanese characters.
Versions 20 and later
charsetMac
New in version 20
charsetMac
charsetMac Characters to the Mac Roman standard (used on the old Macintosh versions).
charsetRussian Russian characters.
charsetThai Thai characters.
charsetTurkish Turkish characters.
charsetUTF8 Used to manage the UTF8 format (used in XML for example).
charsetVietnamese Vietnamese characters.

Converting a buffer containing a character string in ANSI format Hide the details

<Result> = AnsiToUnicode(<Buffer> [, <Charset>])

<Result>: Buffer

Buffer containing a character string in UNICODE format.
EOT if a conversion problem occurred.

<Buffer>: Buffer

Buffer containing a character string in ANSI format to convert. If <Buffer> contains a character string in Unicode format, <Result> will contain an invalid string.

<Charset>: Optional Integer constant

Character set that will be used for the conversion.
charsetAnsi Roman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetArabic Arabic characters.
charsetBaltic Baltic characters.
charsetChinese Chinese characters (People's Republic of China).
charsetTraditionalChinese Traditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan).
charsetKorean Korean characters.
charsetCurrent
(Default value) Current character set specified by ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default).
charsetDefault
Default value
Uses the default character set defined for the computer. No character set is forced.
charsetEastEurope Eastern Europe characters (Polish, ...).
charsetGreek Greek characters.
charsetHebrew Hebrew characters.
charsetJapanese Japanese characters.
Versions 20 and later
charsetMac
New in version 20
charsetMac
charsetMac Characters to the Mac Roman standard (used on the old Macintosh versions).
charsetOccidental
Roman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetRussian Russian characters.
charsetThai Thai characters.
charsetTurkish Turkish characters.
charsetUTF8 Used to manage the UTF8 format (used in XML for example).
charsetVietnamese Vietnamese characters.

Remarks

Result of string conversion

The result of the conversion is a character string or a buffer in UNICODE format. This string (or this buffer) can only be handled by the variables and functions that support the UNICODE format.

If a confusion occurs between a string in UNICODE format and a string in ANSI format, the conversion will be implicitly performed.

See Managing the UNICODE format for more details.

UTF8 - ANSI conversion

To convert an ANSI string into a string in UTF8 format, use StringToUTF8.

To convert a UFT8 string into a string in ANSI format, use:

UTF8ToString.
Versions 18 and later
UTF8ToAnsi.
New in version 18
UTF8ToAnsi.
UTF8ToAnsi.

Conversion to PHP

The conversion performed in PHP is using the following PHP extensions:

the php_iconv.dll extension
the php_mbstring.dll extension

If none of these PHP extensions is found, only the Latin characters will be converted (the Chinese or Russian characters will not be converted for example).

The php_iconv.dll and php_mbstring.dll extensions are currently proposed on the PHP servers. To find out whether these extensions are proposed by your hosting company, enter the following information in a search engine: phpinfo <Name of hosting company>.

To install these extensions on your own PHP server, all you have to do is uncomment the requested extension in the PHP.INI file.

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