Problems with Umlauts and nsDialog

Hi

As it seems there ist a problem with Umlauts (and maybe other language specific unicode characters) when creating a custom dialog with NSIS 3.
It looks like all characters are printed out as ANSI chars.
Here is some code I used for testing:

Unicode true



!include nsDialogs.nsh

!include LogicLib.nsh



Name nsDialogs

OutFile nsDialogs.exe



Var Dialog

Var Text

!include "includes\nsDialogs_createTextMultiline.nsh"



Page custom nsDialogsPage

; !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES



Function nsDialogsPage

	nsDialogs::Create 1018

	SetCtlColors $HWNDPARENT 0 0xF9BA00

	FindWindow $0 "#32770" "" $HWNDPARENT

	SetCtlColors $0 0 0xF9BA00 ;inneres Fenster: Hintergrund Honig

	Pop $Dialog



	${If} $Dialog == error

		Abort

	${EndIf}

	${NSD_CreateText} 0 13u 100% -13u "Type something here... Some Umlauts: ÄÖÄÜöäöäß"

	Pop $Text

	

	SetCtlColors $Text 0 0xF9BA00

	nsDialogs::Show

FunctionEnd

Output looks like this:

Type something here... Some Umlauts: ÄÖÄÜöäöäß

instead of

Type something here... Some Umlauts: ÄÖÄÜöäöäß

Did I do something wrong or is there a problem with unicode characters and the nsDialog plugin?

Regards
Bernd

Try saving your .nsi as UTF-8 with a BOM (or UTF-16 with BOM).

A UTF-8 encoded file (without BOM) when interpreted as ANSI will display "ÄÖÄÜöäöäß".

Alternatively you can force it to parse the source as UTF-8: makensis /INPUTCHARSET UTF8 myfile.nsi

HI
Great this was the missing information.
Now it works.

Thank you Anders


Have a nice day
Bernd