UTF-8 with BOM does not display right - Categorized in: Report a Problem

Klemens,

Yes, I can replicate the problem. Thank you for pointing it out.

I did some debugging and I think I've found the mistake I made.

It was bit dumb on my part. This was my checking code:

                else if GedcomCharsetUsed = 'UTF-8' then begin
                  CharConvert := ConvertUTF8;
                  if (BOMDisplay = '') then
                    LogIt('', '~MCHAR2')
                  else if (BOMDisplay <> 'EF BB BF' { UTF-8 } ) then
                    LogIt('', '~MCHAR3');
                end

It should have been:

                else if GedcomCharsetUsed = 'UTF-8' then begin
                  if (BOMDisplay <> 'EF BB BF' { UTF-8 } ) then begin
                    CharConvert := ConvertUTF8;
                    if (BOMDisplay = '') then
                      LogIt('', '~MCHAR2')
                    else
                      LogIt('', '~MCHAR3');
                  end;
                end

So I was checking if the BOM was the same as the CHAR specified in the GEDCOM and setting up the correct message, but I was converting the string in all cases. When the BOM matches the character set, the string is already correct and shouldn't be converted.

I am surprised nobody else reported this. I guess not too many people use UTF-8 GEDCOMs.

Let me know if this is an important fix for you. If so, I can produce a point update. Otherwise, the fix will be in the next full version.

Louis