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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks for that. I did download some free 3<sup>rd</sup> party components and pas files I found which include a TOpenDialogW, WideFindFirst, WideFileExists, etc. They should be all I need.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I’ll actually be storing everything in UTF8 and converting backwards and forwards to full unicode as required for the Windows API. That way I can keep most of my code using the default AnsiString, standard TStringLists, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>For me it would be useful if someone had created a set of UTF8 components. I find it so much easier to work with. I’ve created a UTF8FileExists function, for example. I suppose later Delphi versions to the conversions automatically.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stefan Mueller<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 2 October 2012 9:22 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] Unicode help in D7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>The buffer has to be </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>WideChar if you use the IShellLinkW interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I also had my software unicodified with delphi7. I used the TNT components (last free version is here: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.axolot.com/TNT/">http://www.axolot.com/TNT/</a> - it got bought out by TMS software: <a href="http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/tmsuni.asp">http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/tmsuni.asp</a> ) and that made things very easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The TNT component pack adds Unicode enabled VCL-controls as well as Unicode Windows-API support for many functions(FileOpen,FileCreate,etc) and classes(WideStringList, etc). The library makes it easy to be dealing with Unicode. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind Regards,<br>Stefan Mueller</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#585757'> <br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666699'>_______________________<br>R&D Manager<br>ORCL Toolbox LLP, Japan<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.orcl-toolbox.com/" title="blocked::http://www.orcl-toolbox.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.orcl-toolbox.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a> [<a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ross Levis<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br><b>Subject:</b> [DUG] Unicode help in D7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I’m adding a small amount of Unicode support in my D7 app to enable opening files where the filenames are in foreign languages. Currently my app can’t even open these files. I’ve installed an OpenFile dialog which provides WideString results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>One thing I need is to resolve shortcuts. I have converted the following function which I had for ANSI filenames into Unicode. Just IShellLinkW and TWin32FindDataW changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>function ResolveShortcut(const LinkPath: WideString): WideString;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>var<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ShellLink: IShellLinkW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> FindData: TWin32FindDataW;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> buff: Array [0..Max_Path-1] of Char;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ShellLink := CreateComObject(CLSID_ShellLink) as IShellLinkW;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> PersistFile := ShellLink as IPersistFile;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> if (PersistFile.Load(PWideChar(LinkPath),STGM_READ) = S_OK) and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (ShellLink.Resolve(Application.Handle, SLR_NO_UI) = NOERROR) and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (ShellLink.GetPath(buff,MAX_PATH,FindData,SLGP_UNCPRIORITY)= NOERROR) then<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Result := buff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> else Result := ''<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>end;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>But I’m not sure if the buff array should be of WideChar or left as Char.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Does MAX_PATH assume wide characters?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>