Encoding of symbol files

[bkiepke]

Hi,

We have different systems where the symbol files are transfered to and read. Every time we change something we have to re-encode the files again to make them useable on windows and linux machines.

is it possible to set the default encoding of symbol files from "ANSI" or "CP1252" to "UTF-8"?

Thanks

[K.Wolf]

Hi,

Whether a symbols file is saved with UTF-8 encoding is determined automatically. You could add a Unicode character somewhere, such as the Comment field in Symbols properties, to force it to always be saved with UTF-8.

[bkiepke]

Hi,

I don't think so, because I edit a symbol file and added official CANopen vendor IDs.

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At least it seems that the symbol editor can't display UTF-8 encoded characters correctly.

Any further Idea how to change the encoding...

BR
Ben

[PEAK-Support]

You wrote

I don't think so, because I edit a symbol file and added official CANopen vendor IDs.

But the file you shown is no Symbol File? How did you import your information into our Tools?
Did you create a own symbol file in a text Editor, or do you import a DBC ?

Keep in mind that you need to save files as UTF-8 BOM (Byte Order Mark) to be sure the UTF-8 "Header" is also written to the File.
Using the UTF-8 BOM, force to write the needed Header (3 Bytes) and so the "reader" know how to interpret the characters.
If you use for example an external Text Editor like Notepad ++, you could simply select the UTF-8 BOM Decoding and save the file.

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