[Lazarus] PAnsiChar to UTF8 issues

[Leonardo M. Ramé]

On 2013-04-09 15:20:33 +0100, Martin wrote:
> On 09/04/2013 15:11, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
> >Hi, I'm working with a "C" shared library that returns a pointer to
> >char. It's all ok when not using special characters such as "ñ" or
> >accents, but when I get these, they are replaced by "?" signs.
> >
> >For example, if I receive an "ñ", the debugger shows this:
> >
> >lStr := 'A'#209'oranza';
> >
> >The correct string is:
> >
> >lStr := 'Añoranza';
> >
> >What can I do to show accented characters?.
> >
> 
> It's a known problem and already reported. here is no fix available
> yet. The debugger does can not yet display this.
> 
> Actually it is 2 problems.
> 1) is the "?"
> 2) the other is #209 etc
> 

Well, I can live with the debugger problem, but is there a solution for
the "?" sign end displaying in my app?.

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Leonardo M. Ramé
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