Sending cd message from external program & Unicode?

[m^2]

Hey Christian,
I have a question. Currently programs send cd command by wm_copydata. Can we somehow pass Unicode path this way?

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, you need to send the cd command as usual, but in front of the path you must send the 3 byte UTF-8 BOM (byte order marker, EF BB BF hex) and then the path in UTF-8.

You need to do this for the left and right side separately. I recommend that you send the path in ANSI except when it contains Unicode (so the conversion to ANSI creates '?' characters). This way you keep compatibility with older TC versions.

[m^2]

Yes, you need to send the cd command as usual, but in front of the path you must send the 3 byte UTF-8 BOM (byte order marker, EF BB BF hex) and then the path in UTF-8.

You need to do this for the left and right side separately. I recommend that you send the path in ANSI except when it contains Unicode (so the conversion to ANSI creates '?' characters). This way you keep compatibility with older TC versions.

Thank you for the answer.

[Dalai]

Yes, you need to send the cd command as usual, but in front of the path you must send the 3 byte UTF-8 BOM (byte order marker, EF BB BF hex) and then the path in UTF-8.

Could you post a working example, e.g. in Delphi? So far I only have code that works for ANSI.

Regards
Dalai

[MVV]

Could you post a working example, e.g. in Delphi? So far I only have code that works for ANSI.

There are a lot of examples within forum, e.g. here.

[Dalai]

I read some of the threads that came up in a search for "WM_COPYDATA", but I didn't look into that thread. Thanks. I will try that code.

Regards
Dalai