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Rafael Ponte
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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

In the Help that comes with Inno. Go to the menu and click on the Help 
menu.

AGP
Rafael Ponte wrote:
> 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/
>> 
>> iCode Systems
>> 
>> (Replies direct to my email address will be ignored. Please reply to the 
>> group.)
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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