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Converts:
  • an ANSI string (Windows) to a UNICODE string.
  • a buffer containing an ANSI string (Windows) to a buffer containing a UNICODE string.
Reminder:
  • ANSI is the character set used in Windows.
  • UNICODE is a character encoding standard. UNICODE is used to manage different languages and character sets.
Example
MyUnicodeBuffer is Buffer
// Convert MyAnsiBuffer
// that contains an ANSI string
// to a buffer containing a UNICODE string
MyUnicodeBuffer = AnsiToUnicode(MyAnsiBuffer)
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// Code to use in a non-Unicode project
MyUnicodeString is UNICODE string
MyUnicodeString = AnsiToUnicode("Developing is fantastic", charsetGreek)
Syntax
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Converting an ANSI character string Hide the details

<Result> = AnsiToUnicode(<String to convert> [, <Charset>])
<Result>: UNICODE character string
  • String in UNICODE format.
  • EOT if a conversion problem occurred.
<String to convert>: Character string
ANSI string to convert.
<Charset>: Optional Integer constant
Character set that will be used for the conversion.
charsetAnsiRoman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetArabicArabic characters.
charsetBalticBaltic characters.
charsetChineseChinese characters (People's Republic of China).
charsetCurrent
(Default value)
Uses the current character set specified with ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default).
charsetDefaultUses the computer's default character set. No character set is forced.
charsetEastEuropeEastern European characters (Polish, etc.)
charsetGreekGreek characters.
charsetHebrewHebrew characters.
charsetJapaneseJapanese characters.
charsetKoreanKorean characters
charsetMacMac Roman character set (used in previous versions of Macintosh).
charsetRussianRussian characters.
charsetThaiThai characters.
charsetTraditionalChineseTraditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan).
charsetTurkishTurkish characters.
charsetUTF8Used to manage UTF-8 (used in XML, for example).
charsetVietnameseVietnamese characters.

Converting a buffer containing an ANSI string Hide the details

<Result> = AnsiToUnicode(<Buffer> [, <Charset>])
<Result>: Buffer
  • Buffer containing a UNICODE string.
  • EOT if a conversion problem occurred.
<Buffer>: Buffer
Buffer containing an ANSI string to convert. If <Buffer> contains a UNICODE string, <Result> will contain an invalid string.
<Charset>: Optional Integer constant
Character set that will be used for the conversion.
charsetAnsiRoman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetArabicArabic characters.
charsetBalticBaltic characters.
charsetChineseChinese characters (People's Republic of China).
charsetCurrent
(Default value)
Current character set specified with ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default).
charsetDefaultUses the computer's default character set. No character set is forced.
charsetEastEuropeEastern European characters (Polish, etc.).
charsetGreekGreek characters.
charsetHebrewHebrew characters.
charsetJapaneseJapanese characters.
charsetKoreanKorean characters.
charsetMacMac Roman character set (used in previous versions of Macintosh).
charsetOccidentalRoman characters in ANSI standard.
charsetRussianRussian characters.
charsetThaiThai characters.
charsetTraditionalChineseTraditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan).
charsetTurkishTurkish characters.
charsetUTF8Used to manage UTF-8 (used in XML, for example).
charsetVietnameseVietnamese characters.
Remarks

Conversion result

The result of the conversion is a UNICODE string or buffer. This string (or buffer) can only be handled by variables and functions that support UNICODE.
If you use the wrong format, the conversion will be implicitly performed.
For more details on Unicode, see Managing UNICODE.
PHP

Conversion in PHP

The conversion in PHP uses the following extensions:
  • the php_iconv.dll extension
  • the php_mbstring.dll extension
If none of these PHP extensions are used, only Latin characters will be converted (e.g., Chinese or Russian characters will not be converted).
The php_iconv.dll and php_mbstring.dll extensions are currently proposed on PHP servers. To find out if your hosting provider offers these extensions, simply enter the following information in a search engine: phpinfo <Hosting provider>.
To install these extensions on your own PHP server, simply uncomment the desired extension in the PHP.INI file.
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