Non-English characters in forms

[Bamboozled]

I have a form to display in textboxes text which has been read in from a txt file. The data can contain accented characters from European languages (French, Spanish etc.) but when these occur the display is corrupted. How do I configure VB.NET to handle these characters (I am assuming there is some setting to do this rather than having to write code to process all input)? Thanks.

 

[JohnH]

Use the correct encoding when reading from the file. Default for most .Net calls is Utf-8, but you can specify any encoding, including dynamically the systems default.

 

[Bamboozled]

Thanks for the reply, JohnH. Problem is I can't find how or where to change system default. Everything I can find online uses conversion progs which quite frankly I have difficulty understanding.

 

[JohnH]

You don't change system. You use either a specific encoding or the dynamic default encoding when you read the text file.