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Deanna Earley
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Re: Inno Setup .iss file does not support utf-8 encoding
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jrsoftware.innosetup

Re: Inno Setup .iss file does not support utf-8 encoding

Hi Deanna, thanks for the answer.

I'm almost sure I've tried unicode version but i didn't get the fix. Anyways, I'll try it again.
What do you mean with "help for examples"? Where can I see this?
Deanna Earley wrote:
> On 05/10/2012 15:50, Rafael Ponte wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> When my .iss file is encoded with UTF-8 and it has some special
>> characters within it like "ç" or "ã" those characters don't appear
>> correctly on Wizard screen of installer. Those characters are used in
>> brazilian portuguese language.
>>
>> For example, my app.iss file has this line:
>> [Run]
>> Filename: {app}\MyApp.bat; Description: "Instalar serviço
>> SysPDVWebClient"; StatusMsg: "Instalando serviço do SysPDVWebClient...";
>> Flags: skipifsilent
>>
>> Both Description and StatusMsg are showed incorrectly when using UTF-8
>> encoding. But if I change the .iss file encoding to ISO-8859-1 all the
>> special characters appear nicely on screen.
>>
>> The compilation works fine, but the real problem is that the special
>> characters aren't appearing correctly. Probably it has to do with encoding.
>>
>> Could someone give me any tips on how to solve this?
> 
> Try using the unicode version of Inno Setup.
> It handles correctly encoded UTF-8 files fine (see the help for examples 
> and what you should not do though)
> 
> -- 
> Deanna Earley (✉icode.co.uk)
> i-Catcher Development Team
> http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/
> 
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