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Create txt file with encoding of ANSI

EricLi — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:45:06 GMT

Our current process is create a txt file, and then write into data save as a XML file. Target application read this xml file for further process.

I am using codes to create a txt file, the file is defaulted to UTF-8, in fact I have no idea why it is defaulted to that. below is my codes.

Try

Dim sw As StreamWriter

If File.Exists(File_Name) = False Then
sw = File.CreateText(File_Name)
End If

Success = True
Message = ""
Catch e As Exception
Success = False
Message = e.Message
End Try

But recently the target application get upgraded, the acceptable encoding is ANSI instead of UTF-8 any more, else Chinese characters will be not recognized.

I am thinking to create a txt object to change the encoding, but it looks inefficient. I want to know how to create the txt file with ANSI encoding based on my codes.

Re: Create txt file with encoding of ANSI

ewilson — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:14:39 GMT

Unicode, and UTF-8, is the default within .NET. If you want ASCII, you’ll need to specifying that on your StreamWriter using the Encoding interface.

See this article for some examples:

https://www.arclab.com/en/kb/csharp/read-write-text-file-ansi-utf8-unicode.html

Re: Create txt file with encoding of ANSI

EricLi — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 03:39:18 GMT

Thank you, Eric Wilson. It works in my process.