SigmundSL
17th November 2009 05:57 UTC

Problem with special characters
Before any thing, i'll introduce myself. My name is Christopher and I'm from Costa Rica... I just like this nick :P ... i'm Software Engineering student and i'm on some proyects, all of them personal but all of them Open Source =)

I'm having a problem with the NSIS and is a awful one ... I'm using as IDE the EclipseNSIS; this with the intention to sppedup all the development, but I have this problem who stops me.

The problem is that the application (or multiuse installer) have several problems with the directory paths, all works fine until i use an Accent or a 'ñ' ... and when i use them, this occurs:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...6-17-04-56.jpg

Doesn't install any file and creates a folder with a strange symbol instead the accent or the 'ñ'; who is giving me severe problems because the installer is a "packet installer" (like Linux ones) and with this problem, i can't install anything thats have a 'á é Ã_ ó ú' or an 'ñ' >_<

Please, if someone have any idea of how to resolve this, please help me >_< I'll put a thanks advertising on my application :)

MSG
17th November 2009 06:23 UTC

Use the unicode build of NSIS. See the thread named 'unicode', or google.

SigmundSL
17th November 2009 06:31 UTC

I've tried to, but the Unicode installers don't read me anything from the INI manifests and don't appears to like my 7zip and zip plugins :S ...

I'll include the NSI; it reads from an ANSI INI file and from a UTF8 w/BOM XML file .-.

SigmundSL
18th November 2009 00:57 UTC

How could i say to the Forum "Unicode DON'T WORK FOR ME"?

-_- ...

Wizou
18th November 2009 12:25 UTC

without using Unicode:
if you build your installer on a machine set with Spanish codepage, you should always be able to install it on a machine set with Spanish codepage (especially the machine you built your installer on)

To check or change the codepage, see "Language for non-Unicode programs" in the "Regional Options" control panel

also make sure Eclipse displays your text in ANSI (your codepage), not OEM

SigmundSL
19th November 2009 07:45 UTC

Merci, thanks you so much!!! It solved the problem! =3

Wizou
19th November 2009 08:36 UTC

Can you share with us what was the exact problem?