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character encoding, part 2

  • September 26, 2013
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jaro
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Hello everyone,

 

I keep facing problems with character encoding of MapInfo tables. Distilling the problem I came to this trivial setup:

 

 

 

That is, the reader for which I specify the Windows 1250 character encoding and the writer for which I specify the Windows 1250 character encoding.

 

I expected to get practicaly a direct copy of the source table together with all the special characters. However, the opposite is true. What I get looks like this:

 

 

 

All of the special characters replaced by underscores. Would anyone have any idea how to make it work properly?
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jaro
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  • September 26, 2013
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takashi
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  • September 26, 2013
Hi Jaro,

 

 

One possible reason is mismatch between actual encoding of the source dataset and the reader parameter setting (Caharacter Encoding = windows-1250).

 

Takashi
Why not inspect features with Visual/Data Preview and Feature/Record Information before writing them into a destination dataset?

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