GetInternetTextEncoding
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Method
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This method is only available on the macOS platform. For cross-platform compatibility, use ＃If...＃Endif with the Target... specifiers to make sure you will not attempt to use this method on an incompatible platform. |
When decoding mail or web pages you would use this function to get the text encoding rather than GetTextEncoding. This function is the inverse of TextEncoding.InternetName. It returns the encoding associated with a standard name for that encoding as used on the Internet.
Syntax
result=GetInternetTextEncoding(InternetEncoding)
| Part | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| result | TextEncoding | Text encoding of InternetEncoding. |
| InternetEncoding | String | Internet text. |
Example
// take an encoding and query the internet name
Var s As String = Encodings.ISOLatin4.InternetName
MessageBox(s) // shows ISO-8859-4
// query encoding object for this name
Var e As TextEncoding = GetInternetTextEncoding(s)
// and show it:
MessageBox(e.InternetName)
Var s As String = Encodings.ISOLatin4.InternetName
MessageBox(s) // shows ISO-8859-4
// query encoding object for this name
Var e As TextEncoding = GetInternetTextEncoding(s)
// and show it:
MessageBox(e.InternetName)
See Also
GetTextEncoding, TextEncoding functions, Encodings module.