Writing Special Character š into a file

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Hi All,
When I try to write some text into a Word file, I'm getting some strange problem as shown below.

Original text : Kšnigslutter
After writing into a file : Knigslutter

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Path = "OutputFileName.rtf"
Dim OutputFile As FileStream
OutputFile = New FileStream(Path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)
Dim OutputStream As New StreamWriter(OutputFile, Encoding.Default)
OutputStream.Write(outputStr)
OutputStream.Flush()
OutputStream.Close()

The character š is getting replaced by .
Please help me....

Thanks in advance.

Posted 23-Dec-09 1:36am

Sundar K. Urs

Updated 23-Dec-09 4:08am

Nuri Ismail

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Kschuler · Answer 1 · 2009-12-23T03:59:00

You say that after writing it to the file the special char gets turned into the block...but how are you checking that? What program are you using to open the .rtf? Is it possible that the program you are using doesn't know how to handle that character? Maybe I'm completely off here, but it would be something to look into.

Abhishek Sur · Answer 2 · 2009-12-23T01:39:00

Solution 1

Just take a look what happens when you pass
Encoding.UTF8 rather than Encoding.Default in StreamWriter object.

Posted 23-Dec-09 1:39am

Abhishek Sur

Sundar K. Urs · Answer 3 · 2009-12-23T01:46:00

Solution 2

Even I tried with Encoding.UTF8, Encoding.Unicode and Encoding.ASCII. But it doesn't work.

Posted 23-Dec-09 1:46am

Sundar K. Urs

Rick Shaub · Answer 4 · 2009-12-23T04:20:00

Solution 4

It's the rtf editor (i.e. Word) rendering that's putting the box there. The character value in the file is the same, the editor just doesn't know how to interpret it. You can verify this by opening the file with a plain text editor like notepad. The "š" should be there.

Posted 23-Dec-09 4:20am

Rick Shaub

Sundar K. Urs · Answer 5 · 2009-12-23T23:53:00

Solution 5

Yep, you guys are correct.
If I open that file in Wordpad or Notepad, it's displaying properly but if I open it in MS Word 2003, it's displalying this strange ( ) character.
Is it a problem with the MS Word 2003 or any settings/fonts of MS Word 2003.

Posted 23-Dec-09 23:53pm

Sundar K. Urs

Sundar K. Urs · Answer 6 · 2009-12-27T18:04:00

Solution 6

How to fix this one?
Is it a problem with MS Word or any settings.

Posted 27-Dec-09 18:04pm

Sundar K. Urs

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